octave autoload fails when any package is installed.

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With a fresh macports install running only "port install octave" then "port install octave-benchmark" octave fails to load correctly. commenting out the pkg ("load", "auto"); line from /opt/local/share/octave/3.2.3/m/startup/octaverc stops the error messages, but then packages are not loaded.

using port uninstall octave-benchmark does not remove error. macports is on snow leopard.

below is error message octave produces

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HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.4) thread 0:
  #000: H5F.c line 810 in H5Fis_hdf5(): unable to open file
    major: Low-level I/O
    minor: Unable to initialize object
  #001: H5FD.c line 1079 in H5FD_open(): open failed
    major: Virtual File Layer
    minor: Unable to initialize object
  #002: H5FDsec2.c line 365 in H5FD_sec2_open(): unable to open file
    major: File accessability
    minor: Unable to open file
  #003: H5FDsec2.c line 365 in H5FD_sec2_open(): Permission denied
    major: Internal error (too specific to document in detail)
    minor: System error message
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