Let users install packages from OctaveForge:

provide path to GNU make which is assumed there.

math/octave/Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.104 2012/10/03 21:56:36 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.105 2012/10/27 13:01:35 asau Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	octave-${OCTAVE_VER}
-PKGREVISION=	1
+PKGREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 MASTER_SITES=	$(MASTER_SITE_GNU:=octave/) \
 		ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/ \
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BROKEN=		Internal compiler error occurs on arm32 (even with gcc-2.95.3)
 
 USE_GNU_READLINE=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL=		yes
-USE_TOOLS+=		autoconf gsed gmake makeinfo perl pkg-config bison
+USE_TOOLS+=		autoconf gsed gmake:run makeinfo perl pkg-config bison
 GNU_CONFIGURE=		yes
 
 GCC_REQD+=		3.0
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ SUBST_MESSAGE.unwrapping=	Unwrapping wrapper scripts.
 SUBST_FILES.unwrapping=		src/mkoctfile
 SUBST_SED.unwrapping=		-e 's:$(DESTDIR)::g' -e 's:$(BUILDLINK_DIR)/lib:$(PREFIX)/lib:g'
 
+SUBST_CLASSES+=			fix-make
+SUBST_STAGE.fix-make=		post-patch
+SUBST_MESSAGE.fix-make=		Fixing path to gmake.
+SUBST_FILES.fix-make=		scripts/pkg/pkg.m
+SUBST_SED.fix-make=		-e 's:@GMAKE@:$(GMAKE):g'
+
 post-extract:
 	find ${WRKSRC}/doc -type f -name '*.info*' -print | xargs rm -f
 	mkdir ${WRKSRC}/src/pic

math/octave/distinfo

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.34 2012/09/13 23:39:14 asau Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.35 2012/10/27 13:01:35 asau Exp $
 
 SHA1 (octave-3.6.3.tar.bz2) = e8bd0c0b33ab9714ddb524f2258546c3536f0628
 RMD160 (octave-3.6.3.tar.bz2) = 1b0f75da1efc77cef0698a7affe56a477430cc1f
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ SHA1 (patch-fflush-fpos_t.c) = 24ed7f95f8431b59bc5ee0dfb0e6624b8029f512
 SHA1 (patch-fseeko-fpos_t.c) = ca846a014f9adfd47f7bbcf6557bf26a53f4a8e9
 SHA1 (patch-libgnu_string.in.h) = 4af39b76faa3ac90454a9d664919b7a6cd45fa9d
 SHA1 (patch-liboctave_oct-time.cc) = 40c21f509b6c95942e6ba43c52494d1d707ed515
+SHA1 (patch-scripts_pkg_pkg.m) = e6fa838e3910d52164d7cb3ca084c748cd68abb9
 SHA1 (patch-src_oct-conf.h.in) = d3fa5166db289fbd9eba355911341e891fb6d822

math/octave/patches/patch-scripts_pkg_pkg.m

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-scripts_pkg_pkg.m,v 1.1 2012/10/27 13:01:35 asau Exp $
+
+Provide path to GNU make, since this is what assumed here.
+
+--- scripts/pkg/pkg.m.orig	2012-03-09 21:20:48.000000000 +0000
++++ scripts/pkg/pkg.m
+@@ -1379,7 +1379,8 @@ function configure_make (desc, packdir, 
+ 
+     ## Make.
+     if (exist (fullfile (src, "Makefile"), "file"))
+-      [status, output] = shell (cstrcat (scenv, "make -C '", src, "'"));
++      make = "@GMAKE@"
++      [status, output] = shell (cstrcat (scenv, make, " -C '", src, "'"));
+       if (status != 0)
+         rm_rf (desc.dir);
+         error ("'make' returned the following error: %s", output);