--- coreutils-8.2/src/ls.c.broken_blink	2009-11-09 11:00:39.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-8.2/src/ls.c	2010-01-03 06:45:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@
          assertion that the inode number is not yet known.  */
       || (print_inode && inode == NOT_AN_INODE_NUMBER)
       || (format_needs_type
-          && (type == unknown || command_line_arg
+          && (type == unknown || command_line_arg || symbolic_link
               /* --indicator-style=classify (aka -F)
                  requires that we stat each regular file
                  to see if it's executable.  */