rsync 2.5.5 --delete-after option bug

[Corey Stup]

>   The option --delete-after does not seem to work.
> 
>   In a command such as
> 
>   rysnc -avzSH --progress --stats --delete-after remote::XYZ/dirX /export/home
>   files removed from the source are not removed at the destination.
>   However subsituting --delete for --delete-after does cause the files
>   to be deleted.
> 
>   I'm I missing something?

You need both --delete AND --delete-after.   --delete-after just
modifies --delete.