Unable to build MiKTeX

Dear MiKTeX Community,

I have tried everything that I could think of to build MiKTeX from source
on Windows, and I simply cannot get the build to work.  There is always an
error, often a long way into the build process.  I am using 64-bit Windows
7.  I have attempted to build both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of
MiKTeX with no success.  Depending on what I do and what version of each
dependency is installed, sometimes "cmake" fails, sometimes there are
linker errors with some of the components, and sometimes executables get
produced that don't work due to encountering faults/exceptions.

Can someone please describe everything that needs to be done step-by-step
to make the build work, including what version of Visual Studio you used,
what exact version of each dependency you installed, the hyperlink/URL to
get each dependency, and the precise commands that you ran in Windows
Command Prompt to do the build?

Unfortunately, the existing build documentation on the MiKTeX website
appears to be insufficient.  It does not specify things like the versions
of the dependencies that are needed, and I fear that having the wrong
versions might be causing the build to fail.

I would really appreciate detailed, reproducible instructions on what I
need to do from the beginning to build this project successfully.

Thank you,
A
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