diff --git a/test/package/debian/compat b/test/package/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff8..48082f7 100644
--- a/test/package/debian/compat
+++ b/test/package/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+12
diff --git a/test/package/debian/control b/test/package/debian/control
index f4cc43a..89de1b8 100644
--- a/test/package/debian/control
+++ b/test/package/debian/control
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 Maintainer: Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
-Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+Standards-Version: 4.6.1.0
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5)
-Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html
+Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html
 
 Package: ncurses-examples
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: ncurses-examples - example/test programs from ncurses
+Description: example/test programs from ncurses
  These are the example/test programs from the ncurses distribution.
  .
  This package installs in "bin/ncurses-examples" to avoid conflict with other
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Package: ncursest-examples
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: ncurses-examples - example/test programs from ncurses
+Description: example/test programs from ncurses
  These are the example/test programs from the ncurses distribution, using
  the thread configuration.
  .
diff --git a/test/package/debian/copyright b/test/package/debian/copyright
index ea1fdff..7546e1c 100644
--- a/test/package/debian/copyright
+++ b/test/package/debian/copyright
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-Upstream source http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html
+Upstream source https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html
 
 Current ncurses maintainer: Thomas Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Files: *
-Copyright: 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Licence: X11
+Copyright: 2017-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey
+Copyright: 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License: X11
 
 Files: aclocal.m4 package
-Copyright: 2003-2014,2015 by Thomas E. Dickey
-Licence: X11
+Copyright: 2003-2023,2024 by Thomas E. Dickey
+License: X11
 
     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
     copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Files: install-sh
 Copyright:  1994 X Consortium
-Licence: X11
+License: X11
 
     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
     of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
diff --git a/test/package/debian/rules b/test/package/debian/rules
index bed7a82..2cc34f7 100755
--- a/test/package/debian/rules
+++ b/test/package/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-# MAde with the aid of dh_make, by Craig Small
+# Made with the aid of dh_make, by Craig Small
 # Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper. GNU copyright 1997 by Joey Hess.
 # Some lines taken from debmake, by Cristoph Lameter.
 
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 
-CFLAGS =
+CFLAGS   = $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS)
+CPPFLAGS = $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS  = $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS)
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
         CFLAGS += -O0
@@ -32,7 +34,9 @@
 verbose = # -v
 
 configure = \
-	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ../../configure \
+	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
+	CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ../../configure \
 		--host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) \
 		--build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) \
 		--prefix=/usr \
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@
 	mkdir -p t/ncurses6
 
 	cd t/ncurses6; $(configure) \
-		--bindir=\$${prefix}/bin/$(NCURSES_PKG) \
+		--datadir=\$${datarootdir}/$(NCURSES_PKG) \
 		--with-screen=ncursesw6
 
 	touch $@
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
 	mkdir -p t/ncursest6
 
 	cd t/ncursest6; $(configure) \
-		--bindir=\$${prefix}/bin/$(NCURSEST_PKG) \
+		--datadir=\$${datarootdir}/$(NCURSEST_PKG) \
 		--with-screen=ncursestw6
 
 	touch $@
@@ -107,7 +111,9 @@
 	dh_installdirs $(verbose)
 	dh_prep        $(verbose) -p$(NCURSES_PKG)
 
-	$(MAKE) -C t/ncurses6 install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(NCURSES_PKG)
+	$(MAKE) -C t/ncurses6 install \
+		PACKAGE=$(NCURSES_PKG) \
+		DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(NCURSES_PKG)
 
 	touch $@
 
@@ -117,7 +123,9 @@
 	dh_installdirs $(verbose)
 	dh_prep        $(verbose) -p$(NCURSEST_PKG)
 
-	$(MAKE) -C t/ncursest6 install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(NCURSEST_PKG)
+	$(MAKE) -C t/ncursest6 install \
+		PACKAGE=$(NCURSEST_PKG) \
+		DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(NCURSEST_PKG)
 
 	touch $@
 
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@
 	rm -f $(PACKAGES.arch:%=install-%-stamp)
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
+	dh_installdocs       $(verbose) $(PACKAGES.arch:%=-p%)
 	dh_installchangelogs $(verbose) $(PACKAGES.arch:%=-p%)  NEWS
 	dh_strip             $(verbose) $(PACKAGES.arch:%=-p%)
 	dh_compress          $(verbose) $(PACKAGES.arch:%=-p%)
diff --git a/test/package/debian/watch b/test/package/debian/watch
index 1d08098..ec075b1 100644
--- a/test/package/debian/watch
+++ b/test/package/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version=3
 
-opts=passive ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses-examples/ncurses-examples-([\d.]+)\.tgz \
+opts=passive ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses-examples/ncurses-examples-([\d.]+)\.tgz \
  debian  uupdate