I can confirm that this bug is still present in 11.10.
After running debmirror with --getcontents I get:
sudo apt-file update
cp: cannot stat `//home/files/packages/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Contents-amd64.gz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `//home/files/packages/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/Contents-amd64.gz': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `//home/files/packages/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/Contents-amd64.gz': No such file or directory
I can confirm that this bug is still present in 11.10.
After running debmirror with --getcontents I get:
sudo apt-file update files/packages/ ubuntu/ dists/oneiric/ Contents- amd64.gz' : No such file or directory files/packages/ ubuntu/ dists/oneiric- updates/ Contents- amd64.gz' : No such file or directory files/packages/ ubuntu/ dists/oneiric- security/ Contents- amd64.gz' : No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `//home/
cp: cannot stat `//home/
cp: cannot stat `//home/