build fail due to esbuild 0.24.1 dependency

[KonradHoeffner]

Describe the bug

vite has a transitive dependency on esbuild "^0.24.0", which includes the broken esbuild 0.24.1.
The bug is described in evanw/esbuild#4012.

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-nl3amizq?file=package.json

Steps to reproduce

1. npm create vite@latest (choosing "esbug" as project name and vanilla JS)

npx
create-vite

✔ Project name: … esbug
✔ Select a framework: › Vanilla
✔ Select a variant: › TypeScript

2. cd esbug
3. esbug$ echo "import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; export default (_) => { return {};};" > vite.config.js
4. npm install
5. npm run dev

Adding "esbuild": "0.24.0" to the dev dependencies in package.json is a workaround that prevents this issue.

System Info

System:
    OS: Linux 6.12 Arch Linux
    CPU: (24) x64 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K
    Memory: 21.57 GB / 31.13 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 23.4.0 - /usr/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.22 - /usr/bin/yarn
    npm: 10.9.2 - /usr/bin/npm
    pnpm: 9.15.1 - /usr/bin/pnpm
  Browsers:
    Chromium: 131.0.6778.204
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^6.0.3 => 6.0.4

Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

esbug$ npm run dev

> [email protected] dev
> vite

✘ [ERROR] Expected identifier but found "import"

    (define name):1:0:
      1 │ import.meta.dirname
        ╵ ~~~~~~

✘ [ERROR] Expected identifier but found "import"

    (define name):1:0:
      1 │ import.meta.filename
        ╵ ~~~~~~

✘ [ERROR] Expected identifier but found "import"

    (define name):1:0:
      1 │ import.meta.url
        ╵ ~~~~~~

failed to load config from /tmp/esbug/vite.config.js
error when starting dev server:
Error: Build failed with 3 errors:
(define name):1:0: ERROR: Expected identifier but found "import"
(define name):1:0: ERROR: Expected identifier but found "import"
(define name):1:0: ERROR: Expected identifier but found "import"
    at failureErrorWithLog (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1476:15)
    at /tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:945:25
    at runOnEndCallbacks (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1316:45)
    at buildResponseToResult (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:943:7)
    at /tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:970:16
    at responseCallbacks.<computed> (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:622:9)
    at handleIncomingPacket (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:677:12)
    at Socket.readFromStdout (/tmp/esbug/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:600:7)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:559:12)

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[KonradHoeffner]

Sorry, I didn't see that this already exists in #19018.