diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 2ee39292d2b6fed1d1658b9a699e5d8bce75a019..2fc56b58b2378a87b1ffb6c4d85d768c605cefbf 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "ros-layer"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_ros-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
-BBFILE_PRIORITY_ros-layer = "7"
\ No newline at end of file
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_ros-layer = "7"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.3.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.3.0.bb
index f87fb51499bf0974736890cb0325b3fe9fdac875..5a2c306f12bda308cb0a1b2197433b84541aa79f 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.3.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.3.0.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ PR = "r0"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://yaml-cpp.googlecode.com/files/yaml-cpp-${PV}.tar.gz"
-
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9aa519205a543f9372bf4179071c8ac6"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2cd038b5a1583b6745e949e196fba525f6d0d5fd340566585fde24fc7e117b82"
 
diff --git a/recipes-ros/common-msgs/actionlib-msgs_1.10.0.bb b/recipes-ros/common-msgs/actionlib-msgs_1.10.0.bb
index f42de8783e1c80cea941b78aa45f7d62372e68bb..914abd93f18684281f222f2391723d09b6f17253 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/common-msgs/actionlib-msgs_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/common-msgs/actionlib-msgs_1.10.0.bb
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=12;endline=12;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
 require common-msgs.inc
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/common-msgs/diagnostic-msgs_1.10.0.bb b/recipes-ros/common-msgs/diagnostic-msgs_1.10.0.bb
index 919ac0c0e01f32f8fdb8525ee291701b95caf381..256436c7a8594c94f7d0f96f2ec7252b94871000 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/common-msgs/diagnostic-msgs_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/common-msgs/diagnostic-msgs_1.10.0.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "\This package holds the diagnostic messages which provide the \
+DESCRIPTION = "This package holds the diagnostic messages which provide the \
 standardized interface for the diagnostic and runtime monitoring systems in ROS."
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
diff --git a/recipes-ros/console-bridge/console-bridge_0.2.4.bb b/recipes-ros/console-bridge/console-bridge_0.2.4.bb
index 0df8ba8f04f4e3237710bb52c352effb22cc42cf..cf9c48872be0d180215de60792dfcc44b3ee8c6e 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/console-bridge/console-bridge_0.2.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/console-bridge/console-bridge_0.2.4.bb
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ inherit cmake
 
 FILES_SOLIBSDEV = ""
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/image-common/image-transport_1.11.0.bb b/recipes-ros/image-common/image-transport_1.11.0.bb
index 2665674beaf6714b7d274da61d6ab6e63b2a2602..fa6cff345704242df5105968eb93674128d85df9 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/image-common/image-transport_1.11.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/image-common/image-transport_1.11.0.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=14;endline=14;md5=d566ef916e9de
 DEPENDS = "message-filters pluginlib rosconsole roscpp roslib sensor-msgs"
 
 require image-common.inc
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/rosbash_1.10.4.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/rosbash_1.10.4.bb
index 6aff5ba6a0b7f683abe5824e9730f95603e792fb..e4ab00a84fe2ab92bd507a96df1fa9eecf51b514 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros/rosbash_1.10.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/rosbash_1.10.4.bb
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ require ros.inc
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bash findutils"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-${PV}/tools/${BPN}"
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/rosboost-cfg_1.10.4.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/rosboost-cfg_1.10.4.bb
index 783e1407402e4ef4495cbfbfd8f8b262de74046c..a229ef51a749973a26f4e9a2d7ded4c7a1af80ef 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros/rosboost-cfg_1.10.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/rosboost-cfg_1.10.4.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc
 require ros.inc
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-${PV}/tools/${ROS_BPN}"
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/rosclean_1.10.4.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/rosclean_1.10.4.bb
index 68b4d3567ed0888c8d4fdb5cd79da548ab475a5a..dcb02ccb2e16acc11b810de447bced4e22a1b90d 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros/rosclean_1.10.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/rosclean_1.10.4.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc
 require ros.inc
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-${PV}/tools/${BPN}"
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/roscreate_1.10.4.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/roscreate_1.10.4.bb
index 3dcf63d598def6f62180725b6340bbc520c54ea8..312d466e6c99fcac6c9f23a11337a2de8563dd1d 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros/roscreate_1.10.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/roscreate_1.10.4.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=10;endline=10;md5=d566ef916e9de
 require ros.inc
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-${PV}/tools/${BPN}"
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros/rosmake_1.10.4.bb b/recipes-ros/ros/rosmake_1.10.4.bb
index 542b17f139fda9e5b357e17df8963b8f7f686794..02415198a9ffc99c9134e1d07411485b1920bd12 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros/rosmake_1.10.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros/rosmake_1.10.4.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=9;endline=9;md5=d566ef916e9dedc
 require ros.inc
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ros-${PV}/tools/${BPN}"
-