apt-get install maemo-optify
also need to satisfy liblua5.1-0 by installing liblua5.1-0-dev
x86:
The following extra packages will be installed:
  liblua5.1-0 libreadline5-dev
Recommended packages:
  libtool
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libreadline4-dev maemo-core-debug maemo-core-dev maemo-sdk-debug
  maemo-sdk-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  liblua5.1-0 liblua5.1-0-dev libreadline5-dev
armel:
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libreadline5 libreadline5-dev readline-common
Recommended packages:
  libtool
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libreadline4-dev maemo-core-dev maemo-sdk-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  liblua5.1-0-dev libreadline5 libreadline5-dev readline-common
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 3 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

autoreconf --force --install
./configure (--enable-imlib2 ... ??)
make install
make dist 
tar xfz conky-1.8.0.tar.gz
cd conky-1.8.0
dh_make -e lance.colton@gmail.com -f ../conky-1.8.0.tar.gz -c GPL
extract and copy to new debian folder from old one:
control, rules, conky.conf, conky-all.postinst conkylogo48.png, conkylogo64.png, conky.desktop (might not show extension), conky.sh, optify

remove nvidia-settings from dependancies in control, if x86

copy to conky/conky/doc folder: conky.1

dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -klance.colton@gmail.com