When we compiled 1.1.3, we were receiving "ambiguous option" errors whenever we tried to enter any basic or replication options. Only sharding and hidden options worked. We changed the code:

db.cpp:
cmdline_options.add(general_options).add(replication_options); <-- commented out this line
cmdline_options.add(hidden_options).add(visible_options);

And now options work. It could be that older boost libs have a problem when adding duplicate options.