Warning Babel parse has failed: import.meta may appear only with 'sourceType: "module"' (11:69)

[JustinBeckwith]

What version of pkg are you using?

5.4.1

What version of Node.js are you using?

16.13.0

What operating system are you using?

macOS

What CPU architecture are you using?

x86_64

What Node versions, OSs and CPU architectures are you building for?

node16-linux-x64, node16-macos-x64, node16-win-x64

Describe the Bug

I recently converted an npm CLI I ship from CommonJS to ES Modules, dropping support for node 10 in the process. Now when I run pkg, I am getting the following error:

linkinator (main) $ npm run build-binaries

> linkinator@0.0.0 build-binaries
> pkg . --out-path build/binaries

> pkg@5.4.1
> Targets not specified. Assuming:
  node16-linux-x64, node16-macos-x64, node16-win-x64
> Warning Babel parse has failed: import.meta may appear only with 'sourceType: "module"' (11:69)
> Error! Cannot read file, ENOENT
  node:path

I do use import.meta in the code, as I'm targeting node.js 12 and above where this should be available. I've also set "type": "module" in my package.json to signal that this is an esm module.

Expected Behavior

I would expect it to not throw an error :)

To Reproduce

To reproduce this, using the latest version of Node.js 16.x:

git clone https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/linkinator
cd linkinator
npm install
npm run build-binaries

[robertsLando]

esm modules are not supported yet, follow updates in other issue

#1291