anything unexpected, such as a ~/.popt file.

uid/gid pairs until the next release.

got rid of the unused 'a' flag.

efficiently.

because the latter gets cleaned and (possibly) sanitized.

(keeping the more optimal stat() calling, though).

  is handled in a new way.
- Moved a stat out of delete_in_dir() into do_delete_pass() to make
  --delete-during more efficient.
- Added a missing "#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS...#endif" block around some
  symlink code.

  points (including "bind" mounts).
- The --chmod option now affects devices (only skipping symlinks).

options can't cause a compatibility problem.

always reads the exclude information when it is present.