Not so much a distribution problem, but a platform problem - I cannot get Ruby to compile on an Itanium HP-UX box - even the HPUX ports site says it won't work

Not so much a distribution problem, but a platform problem - I cannot get Ruby to compile on an Itanium HP-UX box - even the HPUX ports site says it won't work :-( If anyone has got it to work please let me know!