Public bug reported:

qrencode stalls when fed with random bytes from /dev/random .

How to reproduce:
dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=200 | qrencode -o rnd.png

qrencode should either encode any data or report an error message.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: qrencode 3.1.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug  7 11:34:19 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120327.1)
SourcePackage: qrencode
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: qrencode (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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