I wrote:
> Right, so the "glob" failed to find anything. Seeing that this test
> is new as of 534472375, which postdates fairywren's last successful
> run, I'd guess that the "glob" needs adjustment for msys path names.
Hmm ... an alternative theory is that the test is fine, and what
it's telling us is that get_dirent_type() is still wrong on msys.
Would that end in this symptom?
regards, tom lane