--- octave-forge.eclass.orig~	2007-07-20 07:27:34.000000000 -0600
+++ octave-forge.eclass	2007-07-24 16:11:59.000000000 -0600
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@
 
 octave-forge_src_compile() {
 	cd "${S}"/src
-	econf || die "configure failed"
+	# not all packages have a configure script
+	if [[ -f configure ]] ; then
+		econf || die "configure failed"
+	fi
 	emake || die "make failed"
 }