return err
	}

	tag, err := GetTagVersion(operatorVer.OperatorVersionString)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("fetch Istio version: %v", err)
	}

	// return warning if current date is near the EOL date
	if operatorVer.IsEOL() {
		warnMarker := color.New(color.FgYellow).Add(color.Italic).Sprint("WARNING:")

	if err != nil {
		cniInstalls.With(resultLabel.Value(resultCopyBinariesFailure)).Increment()
		return copiedFiles, fmt.Errorf("copy binaries: %v", err)
	}

	// Install kubeconfig (if needed) - we write/update this in the shared node CNI netdir,
	// which may be watched by other CNIs, and so we don't want to trigger writes to this file
	// unless it's missing or the contents are not what we expect.