MATLAB: Matlab (2010b) permute does not work for symbolic arrays

20072010bugdifferencepermutesymbolicversion

>> syms x y z u
>> A = [x y; z u];
>> A =
[x y]
[ ]
[z u]
>> B = permute(A, [2 1]);
>> B =
[x y]
[ ]
[z u]
However
>> B = A.'
works.
This is a problem for multidimensional symbolic arrays.
I know for a fact that permute works correctly with Matlab 2007b since I use both versions simultaneously.
What gives?