v3 cordova emulate fails on old cordova version

[mlynch]

What version of the CLI are you using? Output of ionic --version

3.0.0-beta7-alpha.d32d569c

Short description of the problem:

running ionic cordova emulate fails when cordova is out of date, with this error:

What behavior are you expecting?

Steps to reproduce: 1. 2. 3.

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Post the output of ionic info below please

I updated cordova after this and before running ionic info so this doesn't reflect old cordova version:

max@ionitron:~/apps/awsMobile$ ionic info

npm (global):

    @ionic/cli-utils : 0.0.11-alpha.d32d569c
    cordova          : 6.5.0
    ionic            : 3.0.0-beta7-alpha.d32d569c

npm (local):

    @ionic/app-scripts              : 1.3.0
    @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova       : 0.0.12-alpha.d32d569c
    @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 0.0.6-alpha.d32d569c
    Ionic Framework                 : ionic-angular 3.0.1

System:

    Node       : v6.10.1
    OS         : macOS Sierra
    Xcode      : Xcode 8.2.1 Build version 8C1002
    ios-deploy : not installed
    ios-sim    : 5.0.8

max@ionitron:~/apps/awsMobile$

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[imhoffd]

I think this is due to us swallowing some errors from Cordova, which I've just fixed. beta8 out soon!