/stuff2$ bitbake helloworld
NOTE: Psyco JIT Compiler (http://psyco.sf.net) not available. Install it to increase performance.
ERROR: Error evaluating '${@oe.utils.ifelse(bool(d.getVar('MACHINE', True)), '${MACHINE}', 'BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH')}'    | ETA:  --:--:--
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/bb/data_smart.py", line 117, in expandWithRefs
    s = __expand_python_regexp__.sub(varparse.python_sub, s)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/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 /stuff2/openembedded/recipes/python/python-fam_1.1.1.bb: EOL while scanning string literal (MACHINE_ARCH, line 1)
ERROR: Command execution failed: Exited with 1