Debian package files do not install vcdiff executable properly

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download the Debian package files for open-vcdiff version 0.7:
    curl -O http://open-vcdiff.googlecode.com/files/open-vcdiff_0.7-
1_amd64.deb.tar.gz
2. Unpack the .deb files:
    tar zxvf open-vcdiff_0.7-1_amd64.deb.tar.gz
3. Install the .deb files:
    sudo dpkg -i libvcd*.deb open-vcdiff*.deb
4. Run the vcdiff executable:
    vcdiff --help

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The expected output is:
  $ vcdiff --help
  vcdiff:  {encode | delta | decode | patch }[ <options> ]
  encode or delta: create delta file from dictionary and target file
  decode or patch: reconstruct target file from dictionary and delta file
  [...]

Instead, the following error appears:
  $ vcdiff --help
  /usr/bin/vcdiff: error: `/usr/bin/.libs/vcdiff' does not exist
  This script is just a wrapper for vcdiff.
  See the libtool documentation for more information.

To clean up after trying this test case, remove the installed packages:
sudo dpkg -P libvcdcom-dev libvcdcom0 libvcddec-dev libvcddec0 libvcdenc-
dev libvcdenc0 open-vcdiff0

This problem did not exist in open-vcdiff version 0.5, but is present in 
versions 0.6 and 0.7.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by openvcd...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2009 at 9:49

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Issue 27 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by openvcd...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2010 at 4:28

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This regression was caused by the fix for Issue 21.  If that fix is reverted, 
the vcdiff executable installs properly.
Since the symptoms of issue 21 (unit tests fail for MinGW) are less serious 
than the symptoms of issue 24, I will revert that fix in the next release of 
open-vcdiff by removing the following line from configure.ac:
AC_DISABLE_FAST_INSTALL

Original comment by openvcd...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2010 at 11:35

• Changed state: Started

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Fixed in version 0.8.1 of open-vcdiff.

Original comment by openvcd...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2010 at 10:49

• Changed state: Fixed