[Bug 2060] New: BUILDING doesn't describe testing prerequisities

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2060        
   
           Summary: BUILDING doesn't describe testing prerequisities
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: clock at twibright.com


BUILDING reads:
"The build tools
known to be required include: gcc, make, C library development package, bi-
son, flex, zlib (development package), ncurses (development package), font-
config (development package), expat (development package), and Perl"

Nothing is said about
* how to meet these prerequisities if those packages weren't installed
previously - usually list of official homepages of the projects that contain a
step-by-step guide how to install on a system where the package wasn't previously
installed
* How to test if an already installed package meets requirements imposed by
xserver (integrity, version, etc.) - usually list of required static and dynamic
libraries in certain paths, includes in certain paths, .pc files in certain paths
etc.

I suggest the following:
* answers to outlined questions to be deterined by authorized persons (presumably
the developers of xserver)
* answers put into BUILDING together with list of required libraries        
   
   
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