Octave development on MacOS 10.7 using macports

[Ben Abbott]

I've just switched to MacOS 10.7 (Lion) and in the process have switched from 
Fink to Macports for my package management, and would like to be able build 
Octave for development purposes.

I'm able to use the developer's sources to create a tarball and using a local 
port am able to build and install Octave using macports. This isn't a good 
solution for active development, but it does indicate that Octave can be built 
using macports for all dependencies.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to build octave in my local mercurial active. Before 
I begin the process of debugging my build process, I thought I'd check if 
anyone is already doing this.

Is anyone doing octave development using macports for the dependencies? If so, 
what options (script?) are used for the configure process?

Ben