v12.1 unable to build - directory not found error

[tsheils]

🐞 Bug report

What modules are related to this issue?

Unsure

• aspnetcore-engine
• builders
• common
• express-engine
• hapi-engine

Is this a regression?

Yes, the previous version in which this bug was not present was: ....

yes ~12.0.1

Description

A clear and concise description of the problem...

@nguniversal/express-engine crashes during setup phase with
An unhandled exception occurred: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/Users/*me*/Desktop/workspace/*project*/dist/*project*/browser' See "/private/var/folders/k7/p_nrrn1s6l32h1w35lsx5vbc8ys_q3/T/ng-M2C7ZL/angular-errors.log" for further details.

Reverting to 12.0.1 for all Angular dependencies fixes the problem.

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

Created a brand new angular project - v12.1.0 (built ok)
Added Material (built ok)
Added @nguniversal/express-engine crashes during setup phase

🔥 Exception or Error

An unhandled exception occurred: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/Users/*me*/Desktop/workspace/*project*/dist/*project*/browser'
See "/private/var/folders/k7/p_nrrn1s6l32h1w35lsx5vbc8ys_q3/T/ng-M2C7ZL/angular-errors.log" for further details.

🌍 Your Environment

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   / △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__|   | |   | |    | |
  / ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | |      | |___| |___ | |
 /_/   \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_|       \____|_____|___|
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Angular CLI: 12.0.5
Node: 16.2.0
Package Manager: npm 7.13.0
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 12.0.5
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server
... router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1200.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular   12.0.5
@angular-devkit/core            12.0.5
@angular-devkit/schematics      12.0.5
@angular/cdk                    12.0.6
@angular/flex-layout            12.0.0-beta.34
@angular/material               12.0.6
@nguniversal/builders           12.0.2
@nguniversal/express-engine     12.0.2
@schematics/angular             12.0.5
rxjs                            6.6.7
typescript                      4.2.4

[alan-agius4]

Duplicate of angular/angular-cli#21202

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