symptom.empty

You passed an empty string, usually a shell variable that did not expand, so the line gives a reason for a problem it never names.

What it means

The field is blank; the symptom is the falsifiable claim the line is.

You write the shorter or corrected text. Nothing can derive it for you.

What closes it

• roadkeep restate … --symptom … — the field is blank; the symptom is the falsifiable claim the line is