In the "Importing a SRPM Package from the Web" chapter the lines: From: SRC_URI = http://www.your_company_here.com/downloads/dos2unix-6.0.3-2.fc19.src.rpm;extract=" to: SRC_URI = http://www.your_company_here.com/downloads/dos2unix-6.0.3-2.fc19.src.rpm;extract=${BPN}-6.0.3.tar.gz" Should be From: SRC_URI = "http://www.your_company_here.com/downloads/dos2unix-6.0.3-2.fc19.src.rpm;extract=" to: SRC_URI = "http://www.your_company_here.com/downloads/dos2unix-6.0.3-2.fc19.src.rpm;extract=${BPN}-6.0.3.tar.gz"