When i enter a folder which is a symlink, like for example ~/test --> ~ /tmp/test then the strace of mc is full of things like this:
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/test/subfolder", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=40, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
What does that NOFOLLOW mean, where is it coming from ?