> when compiling with g.cc (2.95 on hp-ux 11) I see the 
> following error:
> /usr/include/sys/stdsyms.h:288: #error "Large Files 
(ILP32) 
> not supported in str
> ict ANSI mode."
> *** Error exit code 1

Weird - this is probablt due to the -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
and -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE flags.

Can you try this:
./configure ac_cv_lib_c_fopen64=no
make && make install

This should override the configure detection, and avoid 
LARGE_FILE support.