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packaging: isolate invocation of WiX to own function

Like we did for Inno, we want to split out the building
of Mercurial from invoking the packaging tool so that we
can introduce an alternate build mechanism.

As part of this refactor, there are inconsequential changes
to file layouts. Before, some shared files such as the
WiX binaries and merge modules would be installed under
build/. Now, they are installed under build/wix-*. This
is to keep implementation simpler. But it also helps keep
build state more isolated.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8474

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60