npm package has "engines": ">=16.2.0" but `npx tsc` fails on node <20

[sandersn]

🔎 Search Terms

node 18 ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• ^7.0.2 in package.json, which installs 7.0.2

I didn't test this on prior versions because the way that Typescript starts changed with 7.

⏯ Playground Link

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💻 Code

Create a new folder, then create the below package.json.
Switch to node 16 or 18 with nvm or something similar.

$ nvm use v18
$ npm install
$ npx tsc

{
  "name": "tsbug",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "engines": "16",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "type": "commonjs",
  "devDependencies": {
    "typescript": "^7.0.2"
  }
}

🙁 Actual behavior

node:internal/errors:496
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension "" for /home/nathan/dmp/tsbug/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc. Loading extensionless files is not supported inside of "type":"module" package.json contexts. The package.json file /home/nathan/dmp/tsbug/node_modules/typescript/package.json caused this "type":"module" context. Try changing /home/nathan/dmp/tsbug/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc to have a file extension. Note the "bin" field of package.json can point to a file with an extension, for example {"type":"module","bin":{"tsc":"./bin/tsc.js"}}
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
    at Object.getFileProtocolModuleFormat [as file:] (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:79:11)
    at defaultGetFormat (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:124:36)
    at defaultLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/load:84:20)
    at nextLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:163:28)
    at ESMLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:603:26)
    at ESMLoader.moduleProvider (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:457:22)
    at new ModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:64:26)
    at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:480:17)
    at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:434:34) {
  code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION'
}

🙂 Expected behavior

the typescript help output.

Additional information about the issue

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