--- math/octave-forge/Makefile-orig	2008-09-02 22:07:49.000000000 -0500
+++ math/octave-forge/Makefile	2008-09-02 21:56:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -334,4 +334,7 @@
 do-install:
 	@${DO_NADA}
 
+check-all-octave-forge-depends:
+	@for p in ${.CURDIR}/../octave-forge-*; do (cd $$p;(make check-octave-forge-depends 2>/dev/null)||true); done | grep dependency
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
--- Mk/bsd.octave.mk-orig	2008-09-02 22:08:37.000000000 -0500
+++ Mk/bsd.octave.mk	2008-09-02 21:58:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -35,3 +35,18 @@
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "share/octave/tarballs/${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}.tar.gz" >> ${TMPPLIST}
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "@unexec octave -H -q --no-site-file --eval \"pkg('uninstall','${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}')\" > /dev/null" >> ${TMPPLIST}
 	@if [ -e ${.CURDIR}/pkg-message ]; then ${CAT} ${.CURDIR}/pkg-message; fi
+
+check-octave-forge-depends:	extract
+	@listd=`${PERL} -lne '$$_=lc($$_);if (s/^depends://){s/\(.*?\)//g;s/\s*\,\s*/ /g;s/octave//g;print}' < ${WRKSRC}/DESCRIPTION`; \
+	listm=`${PERL} -lne 'if (/RUN_DEPENDS\+=\t..TARBALLS_DIR.\/(.*)\.tar\.gz/){print$$1}' < ${.CURDIR}/Makefile`; \
+	for i in $$listd; do \
+		if !(${ECHO_CMD} $$listm|${GREP} $$i > /dev/null); then \
+			${ECHO_MSG} "octave-forge-${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} is missing dependency octave-forge-$$i"; \
+		fi; \
+	done; \
+	for i in $$listm; do \
+		if !(${ECHO_CMD} $$listd|${GREP} $$i > /dev/null); then \
+			${ECHO_MSG} "octave-forge-${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} has unnecessary dependency octave-forge-$$i"; \
+		fi; \
+	done; \
+