diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 793563fd..78536306 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # $Id$
 
-2008-10-23
+2007-10-23
 	* Externalize default config file: ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf
 
-2008-10-21
+2007-10-21
 	* Initialize music_player_interval so built-in .conkyrc actual works.
 	* Lower timed_thread minimum timing interval from 50 usecs to 10 usecs.
 	* Separate timed thread asserts for clarity.
 	* Remove ${tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log} from default text.
 	* Update vim/nano syntax files.
 
-2008-10-18
+2007-10-18
 	* Conky 1.4.8 released.
 
 2007-10-17
diff --git a/app-admin/conky/conky-1.4.9.ebuild b/app-admin/conky/conky-1.4.9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bf72c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/conky/conky-1.4.9.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+inherit eutils
+# used for epause
+
+DESCRIPTION="Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X"
+HOMEPAGE="http://conky.sf.net"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/conky/${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
+IUSE="audacious bmpx hddtemp ipv6 mpd rss truetype vim-syntax wifi X"
+
+DEPEND_COMMON="
+	virtual/libc
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libICE
+		x11-libs/libXext
+		x11-libs/libX11
+		x11-libs/libSM
+		x11-libs/libXrender
+		x11-libs/libXdamage
+		x11-libs/libXft
+		truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2 )
+		audacious? ( >=media-sound/audacious-0.1 )
+		bmpx? ( media-sound/bmpx
+				>=sys-apps/dbus-0.35
+			)
+	)
+	rss? ( dev-libs/libxml2
+			net-misc/curl
+			)
+	wifi? ( net-wireless/wireless-tools )
+	!ipv6? ( >=dev-libs/glib-2.0 )"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND_COMMON}
+	hddtemp? ( app-admin/hddtemp )
+	vim-syntax? ( || ( app-editors/vim
+	app-editors/gvim ) )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	${DEPEND_COMMON}
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libXt
+		x11-proto/xextproto
+		x11-proto/xproto
+	)"
+
+src_compile() {
+	local mymake
+	if useq ipv6 ; then
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "You have the ipv6 USE flag enabled.  Please note that using"
+		ewarn "the ipv6 USE flag with Conky disables the port monitor."
+		epause
+	else
+		mymake="MPD_NO_IPV6=noipv6"
+	fi
+	local myconf
+	myconf="--enable-proc-uptime"
+	if useq X; then
+		myconf="${myconf} --enable-x11 --enable-double-buffer --enable-xdamage --enable-own-window"
+		myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable truetype xft)"
+	else
+		myconf="${myconf} --disable-x11 --disable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-own-window"
+		myconf="${myconf} --disable-xft"
+	fi
+	econf \
+		${myconf} \
+		$(use_enable audacious) \
+		$(use_enable bmpx) \
+		$(use_enable hddtemp ) \
+		$(use_enable mpd) \
+		$(use_enable rss) \
+		$(use_enable wifi wlan) \
+		$(use_enable !ipv6 portmon) || die "econf failed"
+	emake ${mymake} || die "compile failed"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "make install failed"
+	dodoc ChangeLog AUTHORS README doc/conkyrc.sample
+	dohtml doc/docs.html doc/config_settings.html doc/variables.html
+
+	if use vim-syntax; then
+		insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect
+		doins "${S}"/extras/vim/ftdetect/conkyrc.vim
+
+		insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax
+		doins "${S}"/extras/vim/syntax/conkyrc.vim
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog 'Default configuration file is "~/.conkyrc"'
+	elog "You can find a sample configuration file in"
+	elog "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/conkyrc.sample.bz2"
+	elog
+	elog "For more info on Conky's new features,"
+	elog "please look at the README and ChangeLog:"
+	elog "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/README.bz2"
+	elog "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/ChangeLog.bz2"
+	elog "There are also pretty html docs available"
+	elog "on Conky's site or in /usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+	elog
+	elog "Also see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/conky-howto.xml"
+	elog
+	elog "Vim syntax highlighting for conkyrc now enabled with"
+	elog "USE=vim-syntax"
+	elog
+}