Bug 188495

Description of problem:
  When I removed software using Add/Remove Software menu item from Applications
drop-down, the Add/Remove Software menu item disappeared.  Using a terminal
window and rpm -q, found that yum and pirut were no longer installed.  I used
RPM to reinstall elfutils, rpm-python, yum and pirut.  Those new to FC might not
know what to do.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
  pirut-1.0.1-1.noarch.rpm
  yum-2.6.0-1.noarch.rpm
  rpm-python-4.4.2-15.2.i386.rpm
  elfutils-0.119-1.2.1.i386.rpm

How reproducible:
  It has occurred each time (twice) that I tried it.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Used Add/Remove Software to add Development Tools & Development Libraries
   in an effort to build Kadischi (trying to install needed .m4 files)
2. When installing these packages didn't provide the needed files, I clicked
   Add/Remove Software again and deselected Development Tools & Libraries.
   When the 'updates' were complete, Yum, Pirut and the Add/Remove Software
   menu item were gone
3. I used the repository I had created in /tmp/fc5/Fedora to reinstall the 4     
   RPM's
  
Actual results:
   Instead of removing just files I had added previously, it removed files 
   needed for prior functionality

Expected results:
  I expected only files I had added to be removed.  Users new to FC/Linux might 
  not only be confused, but turned off from further attempts to use FC/Linux

Additional info:
  As stated above, this occurred because I am trying to compile Kadischi, and 
  when running ./autogen.sh I was instructed to move a number of .m4 files to
  the Kadischi directory.  Unfortunately, they weren't present where they were
  supposed to be.  I added the development packages hoping to obtain the 
  necessary files as files I downloaded from cvs.gnupg.org didn't seem to work
  Sorry if I provided too much or too little info, or if I am overreacting.  
  Please e-maqil me if you need more info.