Apply a patch from Matt Kraai:
    "The -L option to ls doesn't behave correctly for files listed explicitly
    on the command line, only those in directories that are listed.  The
    appended patch fixes this problem.  Would someone please commit it?"
 -Erik
diff --git a/ls.c b/ls.c
index 385d6b2..8d975fd 100644
--- a/ls.c
+++ b/ls.c
@@ -790,7 +790,17 @@
 	for (oi=0 ; oi < ac; oi++) {
 		cur= (struct dnode *)xmalloc(sizeof(struct dnode));
 		cur->fullname= xstrdup(av[oi]);
-		cur->name= cur->fullname ;
+		cur->name= cur->fullname;
+#ifdef BB_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
+		if (follow_links == TRUE) {
+			if (stat(av[oi], &cur->dstat)) {
+				errorMsg("%s: %s\n", av[oi], strerror(errno));
+				free(cur->fullname);
+				free(cur);
+				continue;
+			}
+		} else
+#endif
 		if (lstat(av[oi], &cur->dstat)) {  /* get file info into node */
 			errorMsg("%s: %s\n", av[oi], strerror(errno));
 			free(cur->fullname);