build fails with following error

[Pranavchiku]

If you face the following error:

% npx vsce package     
Executing prepublish script 'npm run vscode:prepublish'...

> [email protected] vscode:prepublish
> npm run package


> [email protected] package
> npm run check-types && node esbuild.js --production


> [email protected] check-types
> tsc --noEmit

(node:78135) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
/Users/pranavchiku/repos/lfortran-lsp/esbuild.js:1
import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

use the following diff:

diff --git a/esbuild.js b/esbuild.js
index 9599ae0..d447f02 100644
--- a/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
+const esbuild = require('esbuild');
 
 const watch = process.argv.includes('--watch');

[dylon]

Please refresh your node dependencies and let me know if the error persists for you:

rm -rf node_modules client/node_modules server/node_modules
npm install

[Pranavchiku]

% node --version
v20.9.0

No, same error:

% npx vsce package
Executing prepublish script 'npm run vscode:prepublish'...

> [email protected] vscode:prepublish
> npm run package


> [email protected] package
> npm run check-types && node esbuild.js --production


> [email protected] check-types
> tsc --noEmit

(node:25484) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
/Users/pranavchiku/repos/lfortran-lsp/esbuild.js:1
import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:83:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47

Node.js v20.9.0
 ERROR  npm failed with exit code 1