option --delete still not completely working (2.5.2)

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>>>>> "PH" == Phil Howard <phil-rsync at ipal.net> writes:

    PH> This problem has persisted for as long as I've used rsync.  When
    PH> the --delete option is used, not all files are deleted from the
    PH> target, even though said files are not present in the source.  The
    PH> particular cases that cause this are when the target has a
    PH> directory with files, and the source is something else, at least a
    PH> symlink (this is the case I have seen). [...]

Even when using --force --delete?