musl 1.1.19 introduced the _DIRENT_HAVE_D_* macros in commit 1bc10ffeaa7c7ce44b3e214e02e302642511c7c7, triggering a bug in GNU make that's present up to the current version: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/glob/glob.c?id=5d653b535a0e0e607c8be2016bcaadd6f326a698#n1333 The glob replacement they ship includes and uses internally a GLOB_ONLYDIR flag, which is opportunistic and implemented via d_type if _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE is defined, and it fails to consider that DT_LNK could be a symlink to a directory. This is an ancient version of glob.c; the modern GNU glob in glibc rightly considers DT_LNK. Thus the bug is not seen on glibc systems (where the glob replacement is not used), but will be seen on any system where _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE is defined and where configure decides to replace the libc glob with their GNU one. http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2018/03/13/1 diff --git a/glob/glob.c b/glob/glob.c index f3911bc..d6bb8ba 100644 --- a/glob/glob.c +++ b/glob/glob.c @@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ glob_in_dir (pattern, directory, flags, errfunc, pglob) /* If we shall match only directories use the information provided by the dirent call if possible. */ if ((flags & GLOB_ONLYDIR) - && d->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN && d->d_type != DT_DIR) + && d->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN && d->d_type != DT_DIR && d->d_type != DT_LNK) continue; #endif