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Turbopack: report unsupported external modules as an issue instead of an internal error

What?

Replace the internal turbobail! that Turbopack hit when an ESM reference resolves
to an external module the target environment can't load (e.g. a Node.js built-in
imported into browser code) with a proper Turbopack issue: an error-severity
CodeGenerationIssue pointing at the import, plus code that throws at runtime
when the module is evaluated. Adds Environment::name() so the message can name
the target environment (browser, edge, Node.js) instead of the (usually
unnamed) chunking context.

Why?

Importing a Node.js built-in from browser code, e.g. import 'node:async_hooks'
in pages/_app.js, failed with:

Error [TurbopackInternalError]: Failed to write page endpoint /_app
Caused by:
- the chunking context (unknown) does not support external modules (request: node:async_hooks)

This looked like a Turbopack bug, gave no file/line, and aborted writing the
whole endpoint instead of surfacing a normal build error.

Importing a Node.js built-in from browser code, e.g. `import 'node:async_hooks'`
in `pages/_app.js`, failed with an unhelpful internal error:

    Error [TurbopackInternalError]: Failed to write page endpoint /_app
    Caused by:
    - the chunking context (unknown) does not support external modules (request: node:async_hooks)

`node:async_hooks` is parsed as a URI request and resolved as an external, and
code generation for the ESM reference then bailed out because the browser
environment supports neither ESM nor CommonJS externals. That aborted writing
the whole endpoint and reported no source location.

Instead of bailing, emit a `CodeGenerationIssue` that points at the import (so
the code frame shows up in the overlay and the terminal) and generate an
expression that throws when the module is evaluated. Node.js built-ins get a
dedicated message:

    node:async_hooks is a Node.js built-in module, which is not available in the
    browser environment

Error issues are recoverable in dev and fatal in production builds, so
`next build` still fails, just with a useful message.

Also adds `Environment::name()` so messages can name the target environment
instead of the (usually unnamed) chunking context.

Co-authored-by: Niklas Mischkulnig <4586894+mischnic@users.noreply.github.com>
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