INSTALL: explain the circular dependency issue and solution

Sponsored-by: Sovereign Tech Fund Reviewed-by: James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ NOTICE
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 - Non system dependencies (e.g. libx264, libvpx) are disabled by default.
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+NOTICE for Package Maintainers
+------------------------------
+
+ - It is recommended to build FFmpeg twice, first with minimal external dependencies so
+   that 3rd party packages, which depend on FFmpegs libavutil/libavfilter/libavcodec/libavformat
+   can then be built. And last build FFmpeg with full dependancies (which may in turn depend on
+   some of these 3rd party packages). This avoids circular dependencies during build.