Description of problem:

    Version 0.4.10-1.fc6 does not follow symbolic links pointing to
    directories which contain RPM packages.  We use such links to
    simplify managing our local repositories when, e.g., we have
    i386-specific RPM packages but no x86_64-specific ones, pointing
    the x86_64 repository to the i386 one, e.g. :

        Browser_plugins -> ../i386/Browser_plugins

    According to the man page and "createrepo -h", there appears to
    be no flag to force it to follow symbolic links.

    Version 0.4.4-2.fc6 did follow symbolic links.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

    0.4.10-1.fc6

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. point symbolic link to a valid repository containing RPM packages
2. createrepo -v
3.
  
Actual results:
    Repository contains no RPM package information.

Expected results:
    Repository containing information on RPM packages in the
    hierarchy pointed to by the symbolic link.
    Or documentation on a flag to achieve following symbolic
    links, if such a flag now exists.

Additional info: