I will say the problem is more general.

The error is displayed anytime you try to auto-complete when you are at
the beginning of the line in the history.

For example: (provided you have history) 
Press UP, press HOME, press TAB.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bash-completion 1:1.1-3ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dic 9 23:02:33 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: bash-completion

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Title:
  $COMP_POINT: substring expression < 0 when tabbing after Ctrl-R sudo

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