scancode hang when using a pipe with --json-pp #3591
Description
Description
Related to #3588, #3589 and #3590
When supplying a pipe to --json-pp scancode can hang and has to be interrupted.
How To Reproduce
$ mknod /tmp/bla/pipe p
$ time ./scancode -l scancode --json-pp /tmp/bla/pipe
Setup plugins...
Collect file inventory...
Scan files for: licenses with 1 process(es)...
[####################] 2
^CRemoving temporary files...done.
Aborted!
^C
real 0m25.566s
user 0m4.274s
sys 0m0.953s
System configuration
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