diff -Nru multitail-6.5.0/debian/changelog multitail-6.5.0/debian/changelog
--- multitail-6.5.0/debian/changelog	2021-10-29 16:55:25.000000000 +0000
+++ multitail-6.5.0/debian/changelog	2021-12-13 17:03:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+multitail (6.5.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * rewrite debian/rules using dh sequencer (closes: #999073) 
+
+ -- Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:03:01 +0000
+
 multitail (6.5.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * add some needed format strings (closes: #997165) 
diff -Nru multitail-6.5.0/debian/examples multitail-6.5.0/debian/examples
--- multitail-6.5.0/debian/examples	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ multitail-6.5.0/debian/examples	2021-12-13 17:00:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+conversion-scripts/colors-example.*
diff -Nru multitail-6.5.0/debian/rules multitail-6.5.0/debian/rules
--- multitail-6.5.0/debian/rules	2021-05-20 08:24:31.000000000 +0000
+++ multitail-6.5.0/debian/rules	2021-12-13 17:02:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,45 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
-include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
-
-ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s
-endif
-
-CFLAGS+= -g
-
-configure: configure-stamp
-configure-stamp:
-	dh_testdir
-	touch configure-stamp
-
-build: build-stamp
-
-build-stamp: configure-stamp 
-	dh_testdir
+%:
+	dh $@
 
+override_dh_auto_build:
 	dh_auto_build -- DEBUG="$(CFLAGS)" PREFIX=/usr
-	
-	touch build-stamp
-
-clean:
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
-
-	-$(MAKE) distclean
-
-	dh_clean
-
-install: build
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_prep
-	dh_installdirs
 
+override_dh_auto_install:
 	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/multitail
 	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/multitail/etc/multitail
 	
@@ -55,24 +22,7 @@
 #	perl -pi -e 's/^window_number/\#window_number/' debian/multitail/etc/multitail.conf
 #	perl -pi -e 's/^subwindow_number/\#subwindow_number/' debian/multitail/etc/multitail.conf
 
-binary-indep: build install
-
-binary-arch: build install
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs 
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installexamples conversion-scripts/colors-example.*
-	dh_installman
-	dh_link
-	dh_strip
-	dh_compress
-	dh_fixperms
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
+# no need to run just cppcheck...
+override_dh_auto_test:
+		
 
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure