Disable the podman remote

Since there is issue with podman remote client for each platform
and client is not up to date, it is better to disable this feature
until we have more update from podman team. Recently even podman
remote download urls are not working as expected.

cmd/crc-embedder/cmd/embed.go

@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@ var (
 			hyperkit.HyperkitDownloadUrl,
 			constants.GetOcUrlForOs("darwin"),
 			constants.GetCrcTrayDownloadURL(),
-			constants.GetPodmanUrlForOs("darwin"),
 		},
 		"linux": []string{
 			libvirt.MachineDriverDownloadUrl,
 			constants.GetOcUrlForOs("linux"),
-			constants.GetPodmanUrlForOs("linux"),
 		},
 		"windows": []string{
 			constants.GetOcUrlForOs("windows"),

cmd/crc/cmd/podman_env.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/errors"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/machine"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/output"
-	crcos "github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/os"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/os/shell"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -17,9 +16,7 @@ var podmanEnvCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		// See issue #961; Currently does not work on Windows in combination with the CRC vm.
-		if crcos.CurrentOS() == crcos.WINDOWS {
-			errors.ExitWithMessage(1, "Currently not supported on this platform.")
-		}
+		errors.ExitWithMessage(1, "Currently not supported.")
 
 		userShell, err := shell.GetShell(forceShell)
 		if err != nil {

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_checks_common.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/oc"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/podman"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/embed"
-	crcos "github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/os"
 )
 
 var genericPreflightChecks = [...]PreflightCheck{
@@ -82,18 +81,8 @@ func fixOcBinaryCached() error {
 
 // Check if podman binary is cached or not
 func checkPodmanBinaryCached() error {
-
-	// See issue #961; Currently does not work on Windows in combination with the CRC vm.
-	if crcos.CurrentOS() == crcos.WINDOWS {
-		logging.Debug("podman remote currently not supported on this platform")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	podman := podman.PodmanCached{}
-	if !podman.IsCached() {
-		return errors.New("podman remote binary is not cached")
-	}
-	logging.Debug("podman remote binary already cached")
+	// Disable the podman cache until further notice
+	logging.Debug("Currently podman remote is not supported")
 	return nil
 }