podman: Podman machine init fails on Windows (v4.0.3 & v4.1.0)

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug

Description

podman machine init fails to execute successfully and instead loops through infinite iterations of:

error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: sqlite failure: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'Packages' (hnum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,blob BLOB NOT NULL): locking protocol

Just before the loop starts, the below logs appear:

Copr repo for podman4 owned by rhcontainerbot                                                         11 kB/s | 1.0 kB     00:00
Importing GPG key 0x2F6C3CBA:
 Userid     : "rhcontainerbot_podman4 (None) <rhcontainerbot#podman4@copr.fedorahosted.org>"
 Fingerprint: 79B5 022D 580F B1D6 B527 CB83 3BB2 485A 2F6C 3CBA
 From       : https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/rhcontainerbot/podman4/pubkey.gpg
Key imported successfully
error: sqlite failure: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'Packages' (hnum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,blob BLOB NOT NULL): locking protocol
error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Import of key(s) didn't help, wrong key(s)?

Steps to reproduce the issue: Windows 10 19044.1682 + WSL2

• Run podman machine init

Describe the results you received:

Infinite loop of error messages

Describe the results you expected:

Podman machine inits.

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

Tested across two versions of Podman v4.1.0 and v4.0.3

Output of podman version:

podman.exe version 4.0.3

Output of podman info --debug:

Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman. failed to create sshClient: failed to parse identity "C:\\Users\\aled.lewis\\.ssh\\podman-machine-default": open C:\Users\aled.lewis\.ssh\podman-machine-default: The system cannot find the path specified.

Have you tested with the latest version of Podman and have you checked the Podman Troubleshooting Guide? (https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md)

Yes