Disabling webpack cache doesn't work

[amalichev]

• Laravel Mix Version: 5.0.9
• Node Version: v16.17.0
• NPM Version: 9.2.0
• OS: Mac|Ubuntu

Description:

According to the webpack documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/cache/ - we have the ability to disable cache and the creation of the node_modules/.cache directory, but this setting doesn't work.

Steps To Reproduce:

Add mix.webpackConfig({ cache: false }) to webpack.mix.js file then run compilation. node_modules/.cache directory will still be created