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 ### 2.17 Building with C++11 and other compilers
 
-Exiv2 uses the default compiler for your system.  Exiv2 v0.27 was written to the C++ 1998 standard and will compile with C++11 and C++14.  As _auto\_ptr support is no longer in C++17, you cannot build with that system._  Exiv2 v0.28 and later do not use auto\_ptr and are fully supported with all compilers.
+Exiv2 uses the default compiler for your system.  Exiv2 v0.27 was written to the C++ 1998 standard and uses auto\_ptr.  The C++11 and C++14 compilers will issue deprecation warnings about auto\_ptr.  As _auto\_ptr support has been removed from C++17, you cannot build Exiv2 v0.27 build with C++17 or later compilers._  Exiv2 v0.28 and later do not use auto\_ptr and will build with all compilers.
 
 To generate a build with C++11:
 
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated
 $ make
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-The option -DCMAKE\_CXX\_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated suppresses warnings from C++11 concerning auto\_ptr which is deprecated.
+The option -DCMAKE\_CXX\_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated suppresses warnings from C++11 concerning auto\_ptr and other deprecated features.
 
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