"apt-file update" error because missing Contents-i386.gz file

[Peter Michaux <petermichaux@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I have a new Debian Lenny system. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains

  deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib
  deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
  deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib

When I do "apt-file update" I see the following error.

  Can't get http://security.debian.org/dists/lenny/updates/Contents-i386.gz

Sure enough that file doesn't exist.

Is this a known issue? Any solution other than commenting out the line
in sources.list?

Thanks,
Peter