diff --git a/appends/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_%.bbappend b/appends/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_%.bbappend
index a28c470..9f8aa8e 100644
--- a/appends/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_%.bbappend
+++ b/appends/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_%.bbappend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PACKAGECONFIG_append = " graphite"
+PACKAGECONFIG:append = " graphite"
diff --git a/recipes-abiword/abiword/abiword_3.0.4.bb b/recipes-abiword/abiword/abiword_3.0.4.bb
index a7cd7f5..0192530 100644
--- a/recipes-abiword/abiword/abiword_3.0.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-abiword/abiword/abiword_3.0.4.bb
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ DEPENDS  = " \
     libxslt \
     redland rasqal \
 "
-RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_libc-glibc = " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:append:libc-glibc = " \
     glibc-gconv-ibm850 glibc-gconv-cp1252 \
     glibc-gconv-iso8859-15 glibc-gconv-iso8859-1 \
 "
-RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "${PN}-embedded"
+RCONFLICTS:${PN} = "${PN}-embedded"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     http://www.abisource.com/downloads/${BPN}/${PV}/source/${BP}.tar.gz \
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ do_compile() {
 
 PACKAGES += " ${PN}-clipart ${PN}-strings ${PN}-systemprofiles ${PN}-templates "
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/lib${PN}-*.so \
     ${datadir}/mime-info \
     ${datadir}/icons/* \
@@ -104,31 +104,31 @@ FILES_${PN} += " \
 
 # don't steal /usr/lib/libabiword-3.0.so from ${PN}
 # in this case it's needed in ${PN}
-FILES_${PN}-dev = " \
+FILES:${PN}-dev = " \
     ${includedir} \
     ${libdir}/pkgconfig \
     ${libdir}/${PN}*.la \
     ${libdir}/lib${PN}*.la \
     ${libdir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/plugins/*.la \
 "
-FILES_${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/${PN}-*/readme*"
+FILES:${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/${PN}-*/readme*"
 
-FILES_${PN}-strings        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/strings"
-FILES_${PN}-systemprofiles += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/system.profile*"
-FILES_${PN}-clipart        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/clipart"
-FILES_${PN}-strings        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/AbiWord/strings"
-FILES_${PN}-systemprofiles += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/AbiWord/system.profile*"
-FILES_${PN}-templates      += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/templates"
+FILES:${PN}-strings        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/strings"
+FILES:${PN}-systemprofiles += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/system.profile*"
+FILES:${PN}-clipart        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/clipart"
+FILES:${PN}-strings        += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/AbiWord/strings"
+FILES:${PN}-systemprofiles += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/AbiWord/system.profile*"
+FILES:${PN}-templates      += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/templates"
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^${PN}-meta.* ^${PN}-plugin-.*"
 
-python populate_packages_prepend () {
+python populate_packages:prepend () {
     abiword_libdir    = d.expand('${libdir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/plugins')
     do_split_packages(d, abiword_libdir, '(.*)\.so$', 'abiword-plugin-%s', 'Abiword plugin for %s', extra_depends='')
 
     metapkg = "abiword-meta"
-    d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY_' + metapkg, "1")
-    d.setVar('FILES_' + metapkg, "")
+    d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY:' + metapkg, "1")
+    d.setVar('FILES:' + metapkg, "")
     blacklist = [ 'abiword-plugins-dbg', 'abiword-plugins', 'abiword-plugins-doc', 'abiword-plugins-dev', 'abiword-plugins-locale' ]
     metapkg_rdepends = []
     packages = d.getVar('PACKAGES').split()
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
         if not pkg in blacklist and not pkg in metapkg_rdepends and not pkg.count("-dev") and not pkg.count("-dbg") and not pkg.count("static") and not pkg.count("locale") and not pkg.count("abiword-doc"):
             print("Modifying %s" % pkg)
             metapkg_rdepends.append(pkg)
-    d.setVar('RDEPENDS_' + metapkg, ' '.join(metapkg_rdepends))
-    d.setVar('DESCRIPTION_' + metapkg, 'abiword-plugin meta package')
+    d.setVar('RDEPENDS:' + metapkg, ' '.join(metapkg_rdepends))
+    d.setVar('DESCRIPTION:' + metapkg, 'abiword-plugin meta package')
     packages.append(metapkg)
     d.setVar('PACKAGES', ' '.join(packages))
 }
 
-FILES_${PN}-plugin-openxml += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/omml_xslt"
+FILES:${PN}-plugin-openxml += "${datadir}/${PN}-${SHRT_VER}/omml_xslt"
diff --git a/recipes-filter/libwpg/libwpg_0.3.3.bb b/recipes-filter/libwpg/libwpg_0.3.3.bb
index ef12fac..3acce57 100644
--- a/recipes-filter/libwpg/libwpg_0.3.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-filter/libwpg/libwpg_0.3.3.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "99b3f7f8832385748582ab8130fbb9e5607bd5179bebf9751ac1d51a53
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS = "librevenge libwpd zlib"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "perl"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "perl"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
index e05911d..88671ce 100644
--- a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
+++ b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ do_configure() {
     sed -i 's:-I${includedir}/gpgme++:-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/gpgme++:g' ${B}/config_host.mk
 }
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
+do_compile:prepend() {
     # INTROSPECTION_SCANNER is exprted but INTROSPECTION_COMPILER is not. This
     # caused 'Permission denied' errors. So give a little help:
     export INTROSPECTION_COMPILER=${STAGING_BINDIR}/g-ir-compiler-wrapper
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/icons \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
     ${datadir}/mime \
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ FILES_${PN} += " \
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-odk ${PN}-officekit"
 
-FILES_${PN}-odk = "${libdir}/libreoffice/sdk"
-INSANE_SKIP_${PN}-odk += "dev-so staticdev"
+FILES:${PN}-odk = "${libdir}/libreoffice/sdk"
+INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-odk += "dev-so staticdev"
 
-FILES_${PN}-officekit = " \
+FILES:${PN}-officekit = " \
     ${libdir}/girepository-1.0 \
     ${libdir}/liblibreofficekitgtk.so \
 "
@@ -290,19 +290,19 @@ python lo_do_split_locales() {
             ln = legitimize_package_name(locale)
             pkg = pn + '-locale-' + ln
             packages.insert(0, pkg)
-            d.setVar('FILES_' + pkg, langfiles[locale] )
-            d.setVar('RRECOMMENDS_' + pkg, '%svirtual-locale-%s' % (mlprefix, ln))
-            d.setVar('RPROVIDES_' + pkg, '%s-locale %s%s-translation' % (pn, mlprefix, ln))
-            d.setVar('SUMMARY_' + pkg, '%s - %s translations' % (summary, l))
-            d.setVar('DESCRIPTION_' + pkg, '%s  This package contains language translation files for the %s locale.' % (description, l))
+            d.setVar('FILES:' + pkg, langfiles[locale] )
+            d.setVar('RRECOMMENDS:' + pkg, '%svirtual-locale-%s' % (mlprefix, ln))
+            d.setVar('RPROVIDES:' + pkg, '%s-locale %s%s-translation' % (pn, mlprefix, ln))
+            d.setVar('SUMMARY:' + pkg, '%s - %s translations' % (summary, l))
+            d.setVar('DESCRIPTION:' + pkg, '%s  This package contains language translation files for the %s locale.' % (description, l))
             if locale_section:
-                d.setVar('SECTION_' + pkg, locale_section)
+                d.setVar('SECTION:' + pkg, locale_section)
 
     d.setVar('PACKAGES', ' '.join(packages))
 
     return
 }
 
-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_prepend = "lo_do_split_locales "
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS:prepend = "lo_do_split_locales "
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "hunspell-dictionaries"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "hunspell-dictionaries"
diff --git a/recipes-support/gtkmathview/gtkmathview_0.8.0.bb b/recipes-support/gtkmathview/gtkmathview_0.8.0.bb
index 74ad6db..d664cf1 100644
--- a/recipes-support/gtkmathview/gtkmathview_0.8.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/gtkmathview/gtkmathview_0.8.0.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ inherit features_check autotools pkgconfig
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-do_configure_append() {
+do_configure:append() {
     # avoid host polution inf pkg-config files
     sed -i "s:${STAGING_DIR_HOST}::g" `find -name '*.pc'`
 }
diff --git a/recipes-support/hyphen/hyphen_2.8.8.bb b/recipes-support/hyphen/hyphen_2.8.8.bb
index 2e031f4..e0022a7 100644
--- a/recipes-support/hyphen/hyphen_2.8.8.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/hyphen/hyphen_2.8.8.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "304636d4eccd81a14b6914d07b84c79ebb815288c76fe027b9ebff6ff2
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "perl"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "perl"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/recipes-support/libcmis/libcmis_0.5.2.bb b/recipes-support/libcmis/libcmis_0.5.2.bb
index 80a9da8..bf8fc62 100644
--- a/recipes-support/libcmis/libcmis_0.5.2.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/libcmis/libcmis_0.5.2.bb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --without-man \
 "
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
     touch ${S}/README
 }
 
diff --git a/recipes-support/libexttextcat/libexttextcat_3.4.5.bb b/recipes-support/libexttextcat/libexttextcat_3.4.5.bb
index cf8fbf0..08b5673 100644
--- a/recipes-support/libexttextcat/libexttextcat_3.4.5.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/libexttextcat/libexttextcat_3.4.5.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "13fdbc9d4c489a4d0519e51933a1aa21fe3fb9eb7da191b87f7a63e827
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/vala"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/vala"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/recipes-support/liblangtag/liblangtag_0.6.3.bb b/recipes-support/liblangtag/liblangtag_0.6.3.bb
index 21fab3a..211a10f 100644
--- a/recipes-support/liblangtag/liblangtag_0.6.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/liblangtag/liblangtag_0.6.3.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1f12a20a02ec3a8d22e54dedb8b683a43c9c160bda1ba337bf1060607a
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig gobject-introspection
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
     if ! grep -q ${HOST_SYS}-libtool ${S}/configure.ac; then
         # align to native libtool
         sed -i 's:libtool :${HOST_SYS}-libtool :g' ${S}/configure.ac
diff --git a/recipes-support/librevenge/librevenge_0.0.4.bb b/recipes-support/librevenge/librevenge_0.0.4.bb
index 9223e8f..9f2a4c8 100644
--- a/recipes-support/librevenge/librevenge_0.0.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/librevenge/librevenge_0.0.4.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ DEPENDS = "cppunit zlib boost"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     sed -i '/^Libs:/ s/$/ -lboost_system/' ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig/librevenge-0.0.pc
 }
diff --git a/recipes-support/lpsolve/lpsolve_5.5.2.5.bb b/recipes-support/lpsolve/lpsolve_5.5.2.5.bb
index d313a99..1a02c9e 100644
--- a/recipes-support/lpsolve/lpsolve_5.5.2.5.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/lpsolve/lpsolve_5.5.2.5.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ do_install() {
 }
 
 FILES_SOLIBSDEV = ""
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/liblpsolve55.so"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/liblpsolve55.so"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/recipes-support/mythes/mythes_1.2.4.bb b/recipes-support/mythes/mythes_1.2.4.bb
index 61b177a..38a3518 100644
--- a/recipes-support/mythes/mythes_1.2.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/mythes/mythes_1.2.4.bb
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS = "hunspell"
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
     touch ${S}/NEWS
 }
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "perl"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "perl"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/recipes-support/t1lib/t1lib_5.1.2.bb b/recipes-support/t1lib/t1lib_5.1.2.bb
index 03a2605..6e64bf6 100644
--- a/recipes-support/t1lib/t1lib_5.1.2.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/t1lib/t1lib_5.1.2.bb
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ TARGET_CC_ARCH += "${LDFLAGS}"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-x --without-athena"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "without_doc"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " ${datadir}/t1lib/t1lib.config"
-FILES_${PN}-doc = "${datadir}/t1lib/doc/t1lib_doc.pdf"
+FILES:${PN} += " ${datadir}/t1lib/t1lib.config"
+FILES:${PN}-doc = "${datadir}/t1lib/doc/t1lib_doc.pdf"
diff --git a/recipes-support/vigra/vigra_1.10.0.bb b/recipes-support/vigra/vigra_1.10.0.bb
index 47fa977..edc77f9 100644
--- a/recipes-support/vigra/vigra_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/vigra/vigra_1.10.0.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
     -DWITH_VIGRANUMPY=0 \
 "
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     # doc does not have useful content and is installed at the wrong location
     # so delete it
     rm -rf "${D}/${prefix}/doc"