Description of problem: software manager crashed. Cannot update or change packages Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 7 How reproducible: clicked on add/remove software gets the software crash message Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: attached crash file : smcrash
Created attachment 305895 [details] crash file of software manager
I think you meant pirut, not pidgin. Re-assigning.
This should be fixed with the current version available in the updates repository. But please note that Fedora 7 will only be continuing to receive updates for about another week or two