README doesn't say what the user should do if he wants to install the X.org monolithic tree. There is a file called BUILD in the tarball, but README mentions some online documentation sources: "Pointers to additional information The documentation for this release can be found online at the X.Org web site <URL:http://wiki.x.org/>." Installing X.Org is the action most users are supposed to do with downloaded X.Org source tree. Proposed solution: 1) Determine which documentation, whether BUILD or the online one is intended to serve as a step-by-step installation guide for general user public. 2) Write something like this into the README: "If you want to install X.Org, do what is sais in BUILD file" or "If you want to install X.Org, do what is said on URL [...]"
The proper build instructions for Modular are here: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide Monolithic is going to fade away soon. You can still build it, but it won't be updated anymore.
Monolithic Xorg development is dead. Long live modudular Xorg!
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