up2date problem

From: Doug Lindquist (dougl_at_email.com)
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:03:48 -0400

when I go to use up2date to update packages, it tells me the following
error:

There was an RPM error. The message was: Error reading header.

does anybody have any idea what this is and how to correct it.

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