Ionic cordova local plugin error with new M1 macs

We have a some local plugins which were added using ionic cordova plugin add ./cordova-plugin-name

When building on intel macs they work fine, but in the new M1 mac with Big Sur I get the below error when building the project

Discovered saved plugin "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard". Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" for ios
Adding cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard to package.json
Discovered saved plugin "cordova-plugin-iovation". Adding it to the project
Failed to restore plugin "cordova-plugin-iovation" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: Failed to fetch plugin file:scripts/plugin/cordova-plugin-iovation via registry. Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Error: npm: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
npm ERR!
Cannot read property 'match' of undefined
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
Discovered saved plugin "cordova-plugin-advanced-http". Adding it to the project
Failed to restore plugin "cordova-plugin-advanced-http" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: Failed to fetch plugin file:scripts/plugin/cordova-plugin-advanced-http via re gistry.
Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Error: npm: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
npm ERR!
Cannot read property 'match' of undefined
A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/xx/.npm/_logs/2021-01-21T12_29_50_477Z-debug.log
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
Discovered saved plugin "call-number". Adding it to the project
Installing "mx.ferreyra.callnumber" for ios
Adding mx.ferreyra.callnumber to package.json
Discovered saved plugin "cordova-plugin-app-version". Adding it
Installing "cordova-plugin-app-version" for ios

Is this a known issue and how can I fix it?

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I’m taking lot of pain using ionic cordova on mac M1.

The only way for me to fix that is to remove and add platforms, node_modules sometime and doing lot of random things like that. And… sometimes… it works

Good luck !