[oe] EOL in string?

[Marcus Gaskamp]

bitbake helloworld 
NOTE: Out of date cache found, rebuilding... 
ERROR: Error evaluating '${@oe.utils.ifelse(bool(d.getVar('MACHINE', True)), '${MACHINE}', 'BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH')}' | ETA: --:--:-- 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
File "/home/marcusg/stuff/bitbake/lib/bb/data_smart.py", line 117, in expandWithRefs 
s = __expand_python_regexp__.sub(varparse.python_sub, s) 
File "/home/marcusg/stuff/bitbake/lib/bb/data_smart.py", line 69, in python_sub 
codeobj = compile(code.strip(), self.varname or "<expansion>", "eval") 
File "MACHINE_ARCH", line 1 
oe.utils.ifelse(bool(d.getVar('MACHINE', True)), '${MACHINE 
^ 
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal 

ERROR: Error parsing /home/marcusg/stuff/openembedded/recipes/perl/libhttp-cache-transparent-perl_1.0.bb: EOL while scanning string literal (MACHINE_ARCH, line 1) 
ERROR: Command execution failed: Exited with 1 


Was installed according to Chumby instructions http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index.php/Building_OpenEmbedded_(Beta)#Building_with_OpenEmbedded . Openembedded is pulled via git and bitbake is installed in a home directory and added to path.