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@@ -219,6 +219,21 @@ environment variable RSYNC_PROXY to a hostname:port pair pointing to
 your web proxy.  Note that your web proxy's configuration must support
 proxy connections to port 873.
 
+You may also establish a daemon connection using a program as a proxy by
+setting the environment variable RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG to the commands you
+wish to run in place of making a direct socket connection.  The string may
+contain the escape "%H" to represent the hostname specified in the rsync
+command (so use "%%" if you need a single "%" in your string).  For
+example:
+
+verb(  export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh proxyhost nc %H 873'
+  rsync -av targethost1::module/src/ /dest/
+  rsync -av rsync:://targethost2/module/src/ /dest/ )
+
+The command specifed above uses ssh to run nc (netcat) on a proxyhost,
+which forwards all data to port 873 (the rsync daemon) on the targethost
+(%H).
+
 manpagesection(USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES VIA A REMOTE-SHELL CONNECTION)
 
 It is sometimes useful to use various features of an rsync daemon (such as
@@ -1934,6 +1949,10 @@ when creating sockets.  This only affects sockets that rsync has direct
 control over, such as the outgoing socket when directly contacting an
 rsync daemon.  See also these options in the bf(--daemon) mode section.
 
+If rsync was complied without support for IPv6, the bf(--ipv6) option
+will have no effect.  The bf(--version) output will tell you if this
+is the case.
+
 dit(bf(--checksum-seed=NUM)) Set the MD4 checksum seed to the integer
 NUM.  This 4 byte checksum seed is included in each block and file
 MD4 checksum calculation.  By default the checksum seed is generated
@@ -2016,6 +2035,10 @@ versions of Linux to work around an IPv6 bug in the kernel (if you see
 an "address already in use" error when nothing else is using the port,
 try specifying bf(--ipv6) or bf(--ipv4) when starting the daemon).
 
+If rsync was complied without support for IPv6, the bf(--ipv6) option
+will have no effect.  The bf(--version) output will tell you if this
+is the case.
+
 dit(bf(-h, --help)) When specified after bf(--daemon), print a short help
 page describing the options available for starting an rsync daemon.
 enddit()
@@ -2719,7 +2742,7 @@ values
 
 see also the comments on the bf(--delete) option
 
-Please report bugs! See the website at
+Please report bugs! See the web site at
 url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/)
 
 manpagesection(VERSION)