ARK CVS problem?

The latest CVS ARK gives me:

./try-ark: warning: this script may be overly paranoid and, um, wrong...
+ ./arkcmd package reveal --hosts=dog --verbose --use-deps=max arkbase
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./arkcmd", line 41, in ?
    things_mgr.doToolSubcommand()
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 151, in doToolSubcommand
    victims       = self.unpackSpecs(ark_ctrl.cmdLineNonOptions())
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 84, in unpackSpecs
    thing = self.lookup(thing_name,team_id)
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 54, in lookup
    thing = self.create1(team_id,thing_name)
  File "./ark/package.py", line 37, in create1
    return ArkPkg(team_id, name)
  File "./ark/package.py", line 69, in __init__
    ArkThing.__init__(self,team_id,'package',name) # base class init, first...
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 215, in __init__
    for p in self._imm_prototypes():
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 317, in _imm_prototypes
    imm_protos.append(self._things_mgr.lookup(name,team_id=team_id))
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 54, in lookup
    thing = self.create1(team_id,thing_name)
  File "./ark/package.py", line 37, in create1
    return ArkPkg(team_id, name)
  File "./ark/package.py", line 69, in __init__
    ArkThing.__init__(self,team_id,'package',name) # base class init, first...
  File "./ark/thing.py", line 204, in __init__
    (self._is_prototype, self._xmlf) = xml_file_mgr.lookup(team_id,type,name)
  File "./ark/xmlfile.py", line 42, in lookup
    stuff = xmlf.read()
  File "./ark/xmlfile.py", line 103, in read
    doc  = xml.dom.minidom.parse(filename)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py", line 462, in parse
    return _doparse(pulldom.parse, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py", line 456, in _doparse
    toktype, rootNode = events.getEvent()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/pulldom.py", line 171, in getEvent
    buf=self.stream.read(self.bufsize)
AttributeError: read
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