Revert "Cache package release for compression change in windows" (#1289)

* Revert "Cache package release for compression change in windows (#1281)"

This reverts commit b228732644.

* Update release version to patch

packages/cache/src/internal/cacheUtils.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import * as semver from 'semver'
 import * as util from 'util'
 import {v4 as uuidV4} from 'uuid'
-import {
-  CacheFilename,
-  CompressionMethod,
-  GnuTarPathOnWindows
-} from './constants'
+import {CacheFilename, CompressionMethod} from './constants'
 
 // From https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts#L23
 export async function createTempDirectory(): Promise<string> {
@@ -94,6 +90,11 @@ async function getVersion(app: string): Promise<string> {
 
 // Use zstandard if possible to maximize cache performance
 export async function getCompressionMethod(): Promise<CompressionMethod> {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32' && !(await isGnuTarInstalled())) {
+    // Disable zstd due to bug https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/301
+    return CompressionMethod.Gzip
+  }
+
   const versionOutput = await getVersion('zstd')
   const version = semver.clean(versionOutput)
 
@@ -115,12 +116,9 @@ export function getCacheFileName(compressionMethod: CompressionMethod): string {
     : CacheFilename.Zstd
 }
 
-export async function getGnuTarPathOnWindows(): Promise<string> {
-  if (fs.existsSync(GnuTarPathOnWindows)) {
-    return GnuTarPathOnWindows
-  }
+export async function isGnuTarInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
   const versionOutput = await getVersion('tar')
-  return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar') ? io.which('tar') : ''
+  return versionOutput.toLowerCase().includes('gnu tar')
 }
 
 export function assertDefined<T>(name: string, value?: T): T {