mcv: don't sanitize triton paths

Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>

Author: maryamtahhan

mcv/pkg/cache/cache.go

@@ -245,22 +245,6 @@ func extractCacheAndManifestDirectory(
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Fix up cache JSONs
-	err = filepath.Walk(extractCacheDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if !info.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(info.Name(), "__grp__") && strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), ".json") {
-			if err := utils.RestoreFullPathsInGroupJSON(path, extractCacheDir); err != nil {
-				logging.Warnf("failed to restore full paths in %s: %v", path, err)
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error restoring full paths in cache JSON files: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	return extractedDirs, nil
 }
 

mcv/pkg/fetcher/imgfetcher.go

@@ -478,20 +478,8 @@ func validateExtractedCacheSize(labels map[string]string, cacheType, extractedDi
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to calculate extracted cache size: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// For vanilla Triton cache, allow a small difference due to group JSON path restoration
-	// The RestoreFullPathsInGroupJSON function adds paths during extraction
-	tolerance := int64(0)
-	if cacheType == constants.Triton {
-		// Allow up to 1KB per file for JSON formatting differences
-		tolerance = 1024
-	}
-
-	diff := actualSize - expectedSize
-	if diff < 0 {
-		diff = -diff
-	}
-
-	if diff > tolerance {
+	// Validate exact match - no tolerance needed since we no longer modify files during extraction
+	if actualSize != expectedSize {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cache size mismatch: expected %d bytes, extracted %d bytes (diff: %d)", expectedSize, actualSize, actualSize-expectedSize)
 	}