I am getting this error in Ubuntu 12.04 , while doing the below operation.

frank@august:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[sudo] password for frank: 

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct    the problem. 

frank@august:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045' near line 0:

 newline in field name `#padding'

frank@august:~$ 

&

frank@august:~$ head /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045

#padding

#padding

#padding

#padding



frank@august:~$ 

I can't see where is the error , help me to solve this.
Thank you.