As I remember, initially /etc/DIR_COLORS was installed with fileutils and than moved to baselayout (maybe I'm wrong). But now no DIR_COLORS at all :) I have copied this file from my /etc backup, but this problem should be definitelly corrected.
what versions of baselayout and coreutils?
Isn't this a dupe of bug 43443 ? :)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 43443 ***