Back out "fix: RNGP using node invocation non-compatible with Gradle Compilation Cache"

Summary:
Original commit changeset: a91e47b90937

Original Phabricator Diff: D88492310

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Reviewed By: javache

Differential Revision: D88727116

fbshipit-source-id: 847c78776d9628448811158673ac8530e09a8238

Author: cortinico

packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtils.kt

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ internal fun detectedEntryFile(config: ReactExtension, envVariableOverride: Stri
  */
 internal fun detectedCliFile(config: ReactExtension): File =
     detectCliFile(
-        project = config.project,
         reactNativeRoot = config.root.get().asFile,
         preconfiguredCliFile = config.cliFile.asFile.orNull,
     )
@@ -72,11 +71,7 @@ private fun detectEntryFile(
       else -> File(reactRoot, "index.js")
     }
 
-private fun detectCliFile(
-    project: Project,
-    reactNativeRoot: File,
-    preconfiguredCliFile: File?,
-): File {
+private fun detectCliFile(reactNativeRoot: File, preconfiguredCliFile: File?): File {
   // 1. preconfigured path
   if (preconfiguredCliFile != null) {
     if (preconfiguredCliFile.exists()) {
@@ -86,11 +81,14 @@ private fun detectCliFile(
 
   // 2. node module path
   val nodeProcess =
-      project.providers.exec {
-        it.commandLine("node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')")
-      }
-
-  val nodeProcessOutput = nodeProcess.standardOutput.asText.get().trim()
+      Runtime.getRuntime()
+          .exec(
+              arrayOf("node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/cli');"),
+              emptyArray(),
+              reactNativeRoot,
+          )
+
+  val nodeProcessOutput = nodeProcess.inputStream.use { it.bufferedReader().readText().trim() }
 
   if (nodeProcessOutput.isNotEmpty()) {
     val nodeModuleCliJs = File(nodeProcessOutput)