doc: edit building-node text

Simplifying some BUILDING.md and related text since a lot of people will
be reading it soon for Code & Learn. I'd prefer to delete much of this
text, but that risks controversy. These simplifications should be (I
hope) uncontroversial.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23335
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
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# Building Node.js
Depending on what platform or features you require, the build process may
differ slightly. After you've successfully built a binary, running the
test suite to validate that the binary works as intended is a good next step.
Depending on what platform or features you need, the build process may
differ. After you've built a binary, running the
test suite to confirm that the binary works as intended is a good next step.
If you can reproduce a test failure consistently, search for it in the
If you can reproduce a test failure, search for it in the
[Node.js issue tracker](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues) or
file a new issue.

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## Building Node.js
See [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md) for instructions on how to build
Node.js from source. The document also contains a list of
officially supported platforms.
See [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md) for instructions on how to build Node.js from
source and a list of supported platforms.
## Security