bug: top level await in capacitor.config.ts not working

[ximex]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/core: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/android: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/ios: 5.3.0

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/core: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/android: 5.3.0
  @capacitor/ios: 5.3.0

Platform(s)

ios, android

Current Behavior

if i want to use a top level await in capacitor.config.ts for an import of another file i got an error.
i run: npx --theme=xxxx cap sync

Expected Behavior

that a top level await works.

Code Reproduction

the import statement is:
const themeConfig = await import(`./src/theme/${process.env.npm_config_theme}/config`);

in the package.json the prop type is set to module

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 8.18.0

node --version output: 18.8.0

Additional Context

The stack trace of the error:

[error] Parsing capacitor.config.ts failed.
        
        /home/xxx/project/capacitor.config.ts:41
        const themeConfig = await Promise.resolve(`${`./src/theme/${process.env.npm_config_theme}/config`}`).then(s =>
        __importStar(require(s)));
        ^^^^^
        
        SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules
        at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
        at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1048:15)
        at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1083:27)
        at require.extensions..ts
        (/home/thomas/develop/roc-web-app/node_modules/@capacitor/cli/dist/util/node.js:34:72)
        at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:32)
        at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:838:12)
        at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1021:19)
        at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
        at requireTS
        (/home/thomas/develop/roc-web-app/node_modules/@capacitor/cli/dist/util/node.js:36:15)
        at loadExtConfigTS
        (/home/thomas/develop/roc-web-app/node_modules/@capacitor/cli/dist/config.js:89:54)

[ximex]

i also try to do this changes: #4299
but didn't solve the problem

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