DUK_CMDLINE_BAREBONES option documentation to gettingstarted

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 $ make -f Makefile.cmdline
 </pre>

+<div class="note">
+The command line tool requires <tt>readline</tt> by default.  If it's
+not available or there are other portability issues, try enabling the
+<tt>-DDUK_CMDLINE_BAREBONES</tt> compile option in the Makefile.  The
+option minimizes any non-portable dependencies.
+</div>
+
 <p>You can now run Ecmascript code interactively:</p>
 <pre>
 $ ./duk