diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
index 628047e..1ba0dd4 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 }
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN} ${PN}-doc ${BPN}-dbg"
-FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
+FILES:${PN} = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
             ${bindir}/.debug"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "readline"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "readline"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "ftp"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "ftp"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[ftp] = "${bindir}/ftp"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
index a787e52..cb05645 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@
 }
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "rpcinfo"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "rpcinfo"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rpcinfo] = "${bindir}/rpcinfo"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rsh/netkit-rsh_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rsh/netkit-rsh_0.17.bb
index 70fb4cf..5ea553e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rsh/netkit-rsh_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rsh/netkit-rsh_0.17.bb
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 LDFLAGS += " -L${STAGING_LIBDIR} -lutil -lcrypt"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
-PACKAGECONFIG_append = " ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG:append = " ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = " , --without-pam, libpam, libpam"
 
-COMPATIBLE_HOST_libc-musl = 'null'
+COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = 'null'
 
 do_configure () {
     ./configure --prefix=${prefix} --exec-prefix=${exec_prefix}
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-client ${PN}-server ${PN}-doc ${BPN}-dbg"
 
-FILES_${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
+FILES:${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
                    ${sbindir}/.debug ${bindir}/.debug"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "80"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-client = "rcp rexec rlogin rsh"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-server = "rshd rexecd rlogind"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-client = "rcp rexec rlogin rsh"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-server = "rshd rexecd rlogind"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[server] = "${bindir}/rshd"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[rshd] = "${sbindir}/in.rshd"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rexecd] = "${bindir}/rexecd"
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rlogind] = "${bindir}/rlogind"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[rlogind] = "${sbindir}/in.rlogind"
 
-RCONFLICTS_${PN}-server += "inetutils-rshd"
-RPROVIDES_${PN}-server = "rshd"
+RCONFLICTS:${PN}-server += "inetutils-rshd"
+RPROVIDES:${PN}-server = "rshd"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-server = "xinetd"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-server += "tcp-wrappers"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-server = "xinetd"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-server += "tcp-wrappers"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rusers/netkit-rusers_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rusers/netkit-rusers_0.17.bb
index eee96d8..48b32eb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rusers/netkit-rusers_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rusers/netkit-rusers_0.17.bb
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
 }
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-client ${PN}-server ${PN}-doc ${BPN}-dbg"
-FILES_${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
+FILES:${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
             ${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-server += "tcp-wrappers xinetd rpcbind"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-server += "tcp-wrappers xinetd rpcbind"
 
 # http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/186962/
-COMPATIBLE_HOST_libc-musl = 'null'
+COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = 'null'
 PNBLACKLIST[netkit-rusers] ?= "Fails to build rup.c:51:10: fatal error: rstat.h: No such file or directory"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
index 3085823..51168f9 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
     mkdir -p -m 755 ${D}${localstatedir}/spool/rwho
     chown -R rwhod ${D}${localstatedir}/spool/rwho
 }
-pkg_postinst_ontarget_${PN}-server() {
+pkg_postinst_ontarget:${PN}-server() {
     ${sysconfdir}/init.d/rwhod start
 }
 
-pkg_postrm_${PN}-server() {
+pkg_postrm:${PN}-server() {
     ${sysconfdir}/init.d/rwhod stop
 }
 
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@
 INITSCRIPT_PARAM = "defaults 85 15"
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}-server"
-GROUPADD_PARAM_${PN}-server = "--system rwhod"
-USERADD_PARAM_${PN}-server = "--system -g rwhod --home-dir  ${localstatedir}/spool/rwho \
+GROUPADD_PARAM:${PN}-server = "--system rwhod"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN}-server = "--system -g rwhod --home-dir  ${localstatedir}/spool/rwho \
         --no-create-home  --shell /bin/false rwhod"
 
-INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "already-stripped"
+INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "already-stripped"
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-client ${PN}-server ${PN}-doc ${BPN}-dbg"
-FILES_${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${localstatedir} ${sysconfdir}/default/* ${sysconfdir}/init.d/*"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
+FILES:${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${localstatedir} ${sysconfdir}/default/* ${sysconfdir}/init.d/*"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
             ${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.bb
index c05d0fd..56860ea 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.bb
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@
 inherit update-alternatives
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "telnet"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "telnet"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[telnet] = "${bindir}/telnet"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[telnet] = "${bindir}/telnet.${PN}"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-doc = "telnetd.8"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-doc = "telnetd.8"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[telnetd.8] = "${mandir}/man8/telnetd.8"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d6beabaaf53fe6e382c42ce3faa05a36"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9c80d5c7838361a328fb6b60016d503def9ce53ad3c589f3b08ff71a2bb88e00"
-FILES_${PN} += "${sbindir}/in.* ${libdir}/* ${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/*"
+FILES:${PN} += "${sbindir}/in.* ${libdir}/* ${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/*"
 
 # http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/186954/
-COMPATIBLE_HOST_libc-musl = 'null'
-RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "inetutils-telnetd"
+COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = 'null'
+RCONFLICTS:${PN} = "inetutils-telnetd"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
index 28e0164..8de3e4a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
 }
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-client ${PN}-server ${PN}-doc ${BPN}-dbg"
-FILES_${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/*"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
+FILES:${PN}-client = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN}-server = "${sbindir}/* ${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/*"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg = "${prefix}/src/debug \
     ${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-server = "tcp-wrappers xinetd"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-server = "tcp-wrappers xinetd"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-client = "tftp"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-client = "tftp"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[tftp] = "${bindir}/tftp"