NPM install fails with node-gyp error: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

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• macOS 10.15.3, Node 12.14.1
• I tested with a package.json that lists just a single dependency, "sodium" at version "3.0.2".
• I tried with both yarn install and npm install
• I tried both Python 2.7.17 and 3.7.6. (I used the environment variable NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON, which I think worked because the output says "gyp info find Python using Python version ..." and the version matches what I set.)

Full yarn install output:

yarn install v1.21.1
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
[3/4] 🔗  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] 🔨  Building fresh packages...
error /Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node install.js --install
Arguments: 
Directory: /Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium
Output:
echo Build node-sodium module
Build node-sodium module
node-gyp rebuild
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@5.0.5
gyp info using node@12.14.1 | darwin | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 2.7.17 found at "/Users/kannan/.pyenv/versions/2.7.17/bin/python2.7"
gyp info spawn /Users/kannan/.pyenv/versions/2.7.17/bin/python2.7
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/kannan/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.14.1/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/kannan/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.14.1',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/kannan/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.14.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../node-addon-api/src/nothing.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/nothing.a
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 611, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 30, in main
    exit_code = executor.Dispatch(args)
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 45, in Dispatch
    return getattr(self, method)(*args[1:])
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 248, in ExecFilterLibtool
    if not libtool_re.match(line) and not libtool_re5.match(line):
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
make[1]: *** [Release/nothing.a] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:223:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:272:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.3.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/bin/node" "/Users/kannan/.nodenv/versions/12.14.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium
gyp ERR! node -v v12.14.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok 
make: *** [nodesodium] Error 1
/Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium/install.js:293
            throw new Error(cmdLine + ' exited with code ' + code);
            ^

Error: make nodesodium exited with code 2
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/kannan/temp/node_modules/sodium/install.js:293:19)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:223:5)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:272:12)
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