--- coreutils-6.9/src/ls.c~ 2007-07-13 15:16:18.000000000 +0200 +++ coreutils-6.9/src/ls.c 2007-07-13 15:18:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ gobble_file (char const *name, enum file 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. */