apt-file update gives errors

[Kamaraju Kusumanchi <kk288@cornell.edu>]

$sudo apt-file update
String found where operator expected at (eval 2) line 1, near "*404' > 
/dev/null || (curl -z "<cache>/<dest>" -R -o "<cache>/<dest>" 
"<uri>/dists/<dist>/Contents-<arch>.gz" && chmod 644 "<cache>/<dest>")'"
        (Missing operator before ' > /dev/null || (curl -z 
"<cache>/<dest>" -R -o "<cache>/<dest>" 
"<uri>/dists/<dist>/Contents-<arch>.gz" && chmod 644 "<cache>/<dest>")'?)
W: Don't know how to handle http: Bad file descriptor
W: Don't know how to handle ftp
W: Don't know how to handle http
W: Don't know how to handle ftp
cp: cannot stat 
`//var/cache/apt-build/repository/dists/apt-build/Contents-i386.gz': No 
such file or directory
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Using Debian sid. Anyone have an idea of what is going on? Can others 
reproduce it or am I alone? Should I file a bug report on apt-file?

thanks
raju