On my x86_64 based system, how do I fix up2date downloading packages but failing to install them because they are already installed?

Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 & 4

Symptom:

When running up2date previously, the program or system crashed during the "install" phase of the update. The uname -pi command shows the system is based on the x86_64 architecture. The rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\\n"|sort|uniq -d command lists oth...