as suggested, I used gcc instead, and got this:
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/openssl-0.9.8g'
ld: Duplicate symbol "__divxf3" in files /usr/local/lib/gcc/ia64-hp-
hpux11.23/4.2.3/hpux64/libgcc.a[__divxf3.o] and /usr/local/lib/gcc/
ia64-hp-hpux11.23/4.2.3/hpux64/libgcc.a[__divxf3.o]
ld: Dupl
please CC me on reply, ta.
./Configure shared zlib-dynamic hpux64-ia64-cc
cc -I../crypto -I.. -I../include +Z -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -
DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -Ae +DD64 +O3
+Olit=all -z -DB_ENDIAN -D_REENTRANT -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -
DSHA512_ASM -DA