require not resolving js by looking at main in package.json

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Describe the bug

Using es6-promise/auto:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/es6-promise#auto-polyfill

I'm expecting the build to succeed without error, but I'm receiving this error:

[vite] error while updating dependencies:
Error: Build failed with 1 error:
node_modules/es6-promise/auto.js:4:25: ERROR: Could not resolve "./"
    at failureErrorWithLog (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1605:15)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1251:28)
    at runOnEndCallbacks (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1034:63)
    at buildResponseToResult (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1249:7)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1358:14)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:666:9)
    at handleIncomingPacket (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:763:9)
    at Socket.readFromStdout (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:632:7)
    at EventEmitter.emit (https://vitejs-vite-4tbwjl.w.staticblitz.com/blitz.c4393a56cbb8e2fec13bc31575603ce9568f347d.js:6:155505)
    at addChunk (https://vitejs-vite-4tbwjl.w.staticblitz.com/blitz.c4393a56cbb8e2fec13bc31575603ce9568f347d.js:6:656340)

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl?file=main

System Info

Reproduced on https://stackblitz.com/ with Chrome

Also reproduced locally:
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/node
    npm: 8.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2022.06.06.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 102.0.5005.115
    Safari: 15.4
  npmPackages:
    @vitejs/plugin-react: ^1.3.2 => 1.3.2
    vite: ^3.0.0-beta.0 => 3.0.0-beta.0

Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

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❯ npx vite build --debug
  vite:config no config file found. +0ms
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  vite:config } +3ms
vite v3.0.0-beta.0 building for production...
transforming (7) style.css  vite:deps new dependencies found: es6-promise/auto +0ms
✘ [ERROR] Could not resolve "./"

    node_modules/es6-promise/auto.js:4:25:
      4 │ module.exports = require('./').polyfill();
        ╵                          ~~~~

  The "main" field here was ignored. Main fields must be configured explicitly when using the "neutral" platform.

    node_modules/es6-promise/package.json:58:2:
      58 │   "main": "dist/es6-promise.js",
         ╵   ~~~~~~

10:41:19 PM [vite] error while updating dependencies:
Error: Build failed with 1 error:
node_modules/es6-promise/auto.js:4:25: ERROR: Could not resolve "./"
    at failureErrorWithLog (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1605:15)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1251:28)
    at runOnEndCallbacks (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1034:63)
    at buildResponseToResult (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1249:7)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1358:14)
    at eval (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:666:9)
    at handleIncomingPacket (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:763:9)
    at Socket.readFromStdout (/home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:632:7)
    at EventEmitter.emit (https://vitejs-vite-4tbwjl.w.staticblitz.com/blitz.c4393a56cbb8e2fec13bc31575603ce9568f347d.js:6:155505)
    at addChunk (https://vitejs-vite-4tbwjl.w.staticblitz.com/blitz.c4393a56cbb8e2fec13bc31575603ce9568f347d.js:6:656340)
  vite:optimize-deps load /home/projects/vitejs-vite-4tbwjl/node_modules/.vite/deps_build-dist/es6-promise_auto.js +0ms
✓ 8 modules transformed.
dist/assets/javascript.8dac5379.svg   0.97 KiB
dist/index.html                       0.44 KiB
dist/assets/index.562ed99f.js         1.42 KiB / gzip: 0.74 KiB
dist/assets/index.d0964974.css        1.19 KiB / gzip: 0.62 KiB

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