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@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
 1.7.4
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+- Made <mpi.h> include chain be C++11 compliant.  Thanks to Jeremiah
+  Willcock for reporting the issue.
 - Fixed regression where Open MPI installed libevent files.  Thanks to
   Dominique Orban for bringing the issue to our attention.