Issue crc-org#961 Podman remote currently not working on Windows

cmd/crc/cmd/podman_env.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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"
 )
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@ var podmanEnvCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Setup podman environment",
 	Long:  `Setup environment for 'podman' binary to access podman on CRC VM`,
 	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.")
+		}
+
 		userShell, err := shell.GetShell(forceShell)
 		if err != nil {
 			errors.ExitWithMessage(1, "Error running the podman-env command: %s", err.Error())

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_checks_common.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ 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{
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ 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")