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Doc: Document QT_INSTALL_CONFIG_INFO_FILES CMake variable 

Add documentation in `Qt Configure Options` for how to enable this
feature and where the configure summary and options files end up
in the installation.

Pick-to: 6.10
Fixes: QTBUG-137052
Change-Id: I331cffff62bd86f6946eb77e81a92a0ebe496b81
Reviewed-by: Andreas Eliasson <andreas.eliasson@qt.io>
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ensuring a relatively safe state for reconfiguration. The initial
configure flags will still apply to the reconfigured build.
\section1 Installing Configure Summary and Options
Since Qt 6.9, the configure summary files, as well as the options passed to
\c configure, can be automatically included as part of the installation.
This feature is enabled by setting the CMake variable
\b{QT_INSTALL_CONFIG_INFO_FILES} to \b {ON}:
\badcode
~/qt-source/configure -prefix /opt/Qt6 -- -D QT_INSTALL_CONFIG_INFO_FILES=ON
\endcode
During installation, text files for configure summary and options (for each
repository part of the build) are copied to the \l {QLibraryInfo::DataPath}
{architecture-independent Qt data directory}.
For example,
\badcode
/opt/Qt6/config_qtbase.opt
/opt/Qt6/config_qtbase.summary
/opt/Qt6/config_qtdeclarative.opt
/opt/Qt6/config_qtdeclarative.summary
...
\endcode
\section1 Specific Options for Platforms
The following pages provide guidelines on how to configure Qt for specific