From Debian package 0.2.20100524-11

  * Allow user_t to manage httpd_user_content_t, also allow httpd_t
    the same access to httpd_user_content_t sym-links as to files.

Mostly merged upstream in 83e07b8a (2011-02-13).

Index: policy/modules/services/apache.if
===================================================================
--- policy/modules/services/apache.if.orig
+++ policy/modules/services/apache.if
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 	files_type(httpd_$1_ra_content_t)
 
 	read_files_pattern(httpd_t, httpd_$1_content_t, httpd_$1_htaccess_t)
+	read_lnk_files_pattern(httpd_t, httpd_$1_content_t, httpd_$1_htaccess_t)
 
 	domtrans_pattern(httpd_suexec_t, httpd_$1_script_exec_t, httpd_$1_script_t)