diff -urN STLport.org/stlport/stl/_config.h STLport/stlport/stl/_config.h
--- STLport.org/stlport/stl/_config.h	2006-02-07 12:31:47.000000000 +0100
+++ STLport/stlport/stl/_config.h	2006-06-27 00:52:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -161,20 +161,11 @@
 
 
 #if !defined (_STLP_BIG_ENDIAN) && ! defined (_STLP_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-#  if defined (_MIPSEB) || defined (__sparc) || defined (_AIX) || \
-      defined (__hpux) || defined (macintosh) || defined (_MAC)
+#  include <endian.h>
+#  if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
 #    define _STLP_BIG_ENDIAN 1
-#  elif defined (__i386) || defined (_M_IX86) || defined (_M_ARM) || \
-        defined (__amd64__) || defined (_M_AMD64) || defined (__x86_64__) || \
-        defined (__alpha__)
+#  elif __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #    define _STLP_LITTLE_ENDIAN 1
-#  elif defined (__ia64__)
-    /* itanium allows both settings (for instance via gcc -mbig-endian) - hence a seperate check is required */
-#    if defined (__BIG_ENDIAN__)
-#      define _STLP_BIG_ENDIAN 1
-#    else
-#      define _STLP_LITTLE_ENDIAN 1
-#    endif
 #  else
 #    error "can't determine endianess"
 #  endif