No, 2.0.x also followed symlinks for create(), I'm fairly certain. It used
to be pretty painful to do, actually, but others did it, and I think
people even pointed to programs that wanted it done.
But yes, 2.1.x would tend to do it more aggressively for other things than
just create().
> I'll have a look at the stuff if its supposed to be easy to fix 8)
It really should be a matter of just making a 1 (follow_links) a 0.
Linus