Git rev: master/369932178fe9e7aa4a6d0e2ef1e2e539be701d02 Steps: Run command: recipetool create -m qemuarm -o snake_0.11.1.bb -x /tmp/snake-0.11.1 https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/n/snake/snake-0.11.1.tar.bz2 I got the following error: #################### usage: recipetool [-h] [-d] [-q] [--color COLOR] <subcommand> ... recipetool: error: unrecognized arguments: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/n/snake/snake-0.11.1.tar.bz2 #################### If I removed the -m option, the command worked well: recipetool create -o snake_0.11.1.bb -x /tmp/snake-0.11.1 https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/n/snake/snake-0.11.1.tar.bz2 NOTE: Fetching https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/n/snake/snake-0.11.1.tar.bz2... NOTE: Scanning the entire source tree, as one or more of the following setup keywords are non-literal: py_modules, scripts, packages. NOTE: Scanning paths for packages & dependencies: . NOTE: Recipe snake_0.11.1.bb has been created; further editing may be required to make it fully functional
The -m option doesn't accept an argument (a recipe is either machine-specific or it isn't, it's not a case of specifying the actual machine) therefore it's being handled as a positional argument, hence the error.
(In reply to comment #1) > The -m option doesn't accept an argument (a recipe is either > machine-specific or it isn't, it's not a case of specifying the actual > machine) therefore it's being handled as a positional argument, hence the > error. Verified as per above comment.