Inexplicable rsyslog failure on attribute lookup

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$ sudo chef-client
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Recipe Compile Error in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/et_base/recipes/default.rb
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Chef::Exceptions::InvalidResourceSpecification
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The string `service[]' is not valid for resource collection lookup. Correct syntax is `resource_type[resource_name]'


Cookbook Trace:
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  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/rsyslog/recipes/default.rb:38:in `block in from_file'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/rsyslog/recipes/default.rb:34:in `from_file'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/et_logger/recipes/default.rb:20:in `from_file'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/et_base/recipes/default.rb:39:in `block in from_file'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/et_base/recipes/default.rb:38:in `each'
  /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/et_base/recipes/default.rb:38:in `from_file'


Relevant File Content:
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/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/rsyslog/recipes/default.rb:

 31:  
 32:  # Our main stub which then does its own rsyslog-specific
 33:  # include of things in /etc/rsyslog.d/*
 34:  template "/etc/rsyslog.conf" do
 35:    source 'rsyslog.conf.erb'
 36:    mode 0644
 37:    variables(:protocol => node['rsyslog']['protocol'])
 38>>   notifies :restart, "service[#{node['rsyslog']['service_name']}]"
 39:  end
 40:  
 41:  template "/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf" do
 42:    source "50-default.conf.erb"
 43:    backup false
 44:    mode 0644
 45:    notifies :restart, "service[#{node['rsyslog']['service_name']}]"
 46:  end
 47: