Exiv2

I've downloaded Exiv2-0.20 and have been trying to compile it for the past
several days. I've got a C++ compiler that has very strict ANSI compliance
and this has been giving me problems compiling the source.
I've worked around a number of problems, but my C++ is very rusty, and
I've finally hit a road block that I can't get around. I thought may be this
group could help. For brevity, at the moment I'll only post the problem I
can't get around. Here are the errors I don't know how to fix. Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

-----------------------------  src/basicio.cpp  -----------------------------
/usr/bin/CC -DEFAULT:abi=n32:isa=mips4:proc=r10k -n32 -mips4 -LANG:std -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/openssl -O3
-OPT:Olimit=0 -TARG:processor=r10000:platform=ip28 -I. -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/openssl -I/usr/local/include
"-DEXV_LOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\"" -I../xmpsdk/include -c -DEXV_BUILDING_LIB=1 -DPIC basicio.cpp -o .libs/basicio.o
cc-3234 CC: ERROR File = error.cpp, Line = 120
  Explicit specialization of function "Exiv2::BasicError<char>::setMsg" must
          precede its first use.

void BasicError<char>::setMsg()
                             ^
cc-1166 CC: ERROR File = error.cpp, Line = 142
  Expected a declaration.

if (pos != std::string::npos) {
              ^
cc-1012 CC: WARNING File = error.cpp, Line = 145
  Parsing restarts here after previous syntax error.

}
          ^

cc-1077 CC: ERROR File = error.cpp, Line = 146
The indicated declaration has no storage class or type specifier.

msg_ = msg;
          ^

cc-1020 CC: ERROR File = error.cpp, Line = 146
The identifier "msg" is undefined.

msg_ = msg;
                 ^

cc-1166 CC: ERROR File = error.cpp, Line = 150
Expected a declaration.

}
      ^

cc-1012 CC: WARNING at end of source
Parsing restarts here after previous syntax error.

cc-1174 CC: WARNING File = basicio.cpp, Line = 31
The variable "rcsId" was declared but never referenced.

static const char* rcsId = "@(#) $Id: basicio.cpp 2045 2010-04-03 07:53:30Z ahuggel $";
                     ^
cc-1174 CC: WARNING File = error.cpp, Line = 45
  The function "<unnamed>::ErrMsg::operator==" was declared but never referenced.

bool operator==(int code) const { return code_ == code; }
               ^
cc-1174 CC: WARNING File = error.cpp, Line = 52
  The variable "<unnamed>::errList" was declared but never referenced.

const ErrMsg errList[] = {
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If you have any questions or need more information, please let me know.
I'd really like to start using this software now.  Thanks.