diff --git a/README.local-glib b/README.local-glib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13813fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.local-glib
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+To install with static glib (e.g. when system glib is to old):
+==============================================================
+git clone https://github.com/GNOME/glib.git glib_src
+git -C glib_src checkout 2.70.5
+mkdir glib_build
+meson setup glib_build glib_src --buildtype release -Ddefault_library=static
+cd glib_build
+ninja build
+
+patch -p1 Makefile <<'EOF'
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 921b373..7a0bd0c 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ CFLAGS += -O3
+ CFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror
+-CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0)
+-LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs glib-2.0)
++CFLAGS += -Iglib_src -Iglib_src/glib -Iglib_build/glib
++LDLIBS += -Lglib_build/glib -lglib-2.0 -lpthread -lpcre
+ 
+ cmirror: cmirror.c
+ 
+EOF
+make
+
diff --git a/cmirror.c b/cmirror.c
index 987d3e4..c625d05 100644
--- a/cmirror.c
+++ b/cmirror.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
-// https://www.manpagez.com/html/glib/glib-2.56.0/glib-Double-ended-Queues.php
 // http://owww.molgen.mpg.de/~buczek/glib-doc/
 
 #include <glib.h>
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ static G_NORETURN G_GNUC_PRINTF(1, 2) void die(const char *restrict fmt, ...) {
 
 static GRegex *compile_pattern(char *pattern) {
     GError *error = NULL;
-    GRegex *regex = g_regex_new(pattern, 0, 0, &error);;
+    GRegex *regex = g_regex_new(pattern, 0, 0, &error);
     if (!regex)
         die("%s\n", error->message);
     return regex;
@@ -112,9 +111,8 @@ static gboolean fn_unescape_cb(const GMatchInfo *match_info, GString *result,  g
 
 static char *fn_unescape(char *fn) {
     static GRegex *regex = NULL;
-    if (!regex) {
+    if (!regex)
         regex = compile_pattern("\\\\x([0-9a-f]{0,2})");
-    }
     GError *error;
     char *ret = g_regex_replace_eval(regex, fn, -1, 0, 0, fn_unescape_cb, NULL, &error);
     if (!ret)
@@ -285,7 +283,7 @@ static int reduce;
 static int force_status;
 static int bandwidth;
 static int allowremotefs;
-static char *ssh_opt;
+static char **ssh_opts;
 static int cksum;
 static int opt_nice;
 static int unix_socket;
@@ -318,17 +316,6 @@ static void fileop_mknod(char *path, char type, dev_t rdev) {
         die("%s: %m\n", path);
 }
 
-static void fileop_chown(uid_t uid, gid_t gid, char *path) {
-    if (slave_unprivileged)
-        return;
-    if (fileop_debug)
-        warn("fileop: chown %d:%d %s\n", uid, gid, path);
-    if (fileop_noop)
-        return;
-    if (lchown(path, uid, gid) == -1)
-        die("%s: %m\n", path);
-}
-
 static void fileop_chmod(mode_t perm, char *path) {
     if (fileop_debug)
         warn("fileop: chmod 0%03o %s\n", perm, path);
@@ -465,10 +452,10 @@ static void fileop_ln_or_cp(char *from, char *to) {
 }
 
 static void check_perm(FileInfo *is, FileInfo *want) {
-    if (is->uid != want->uid || is->gid != want ->gid ){
-        if (!quiet && !slave_unprivileged)
+    if (!slave_unprivileged && (is->uid != want->uid || is->gid != want->gid) ) {
+        if (!quiet)
             warn("chown %d:%d %s\n", want->uid, want->gid, is->name);
-        fileop_chown(want->uid, want->gid, is->name);
+        fileop_lchown(want->uid, want->gid, is->name);
     }
     if (want->perm != is->perm) {
         if (!quiet)
@@ -481,7 +468,8 @@ static void make_dir(char *path, mode_t perm, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         if (!quiet)
             warn("mkdir %s owner %d:%d mode 0%03o\n", path, uid, gid, perm);
         fileop_mkdir(path);
-        fileop_chown(uid, gid, path);
+        if (!slave_unprivileged)
+            fileop_lchown(uid, gid, path);
         fileop_chmod(perm, path);
 }
 
@@ -505,11 +493,10 @@ static void add_clean_dir(char *dir) {
     const char *entry;
     while ( (entry = g_dir_read_name(d)) ) {
         char *path = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", dir, entry);
-        if (is_excepted(path)) {
+        if (is_excepted(path))
             free(path);
-        } else {
+        else
             g_hash_table_insert(CLEAN, path, path);
-        }
     }
     g_dir_close(d);
 }
@@ -527,7 +514,7 @@ static void out_of_the_way(FileInfo *fi) {
 static int is_local_fs(char *fs) {
     static GRegex *local_fs_regex;
     if (!local_fs_regex)
-        local_fs_regex = compile_pattern("^(advfs|ufs|ext\\d+|reiserfs|xfs|fuseblk|vfat|efs|tmpfs|btrfs)$");
+        local_fs_regex = compile_pattern("^(advfs|ufs|ext\\d+|reiserfs|xfs|fuseblk|vfat|efs|tmpfs|btrfs|ecryptfs)$");
     return g_regex_match(local_fs_regex, fs, 0, 0);
 }
 
@@ -778,9 +765,11 @@ static void slave(char *slave_path) {
                 g_autofree char *hardlink = fn_unescape(word[7]);
                 g_autoptr(FileInfo) fi_src = fileinfo_lstat(hardlink);
                 if (!fi_src) {
+                    // source removed, i/o error, --reduce or logic error. We could
+                    // request the file here, but the above cases don't seem to
+                    // ustify this.
                     warn("%s: hardlink source %s: %m\n", filename, hardlink);
-                }
-                if (!fi_is || fi_is->dev != fi_src->dev || fi_is->ino != fi_src->ino) {
+                } else if (!fi_is || fi_is->dev != fi_src->dev || fi_is->ino != fi_src->ino) {
                     if (fi_is)
                         out_of_the_way(fi_is);
                     if (!quiet)
@@ -816,7 +805,7 @@ static void slave(char *slave_path) {
                             close(fd);
                         }
                         if (!slave_unprivileged) {
-                            fileop_chown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, tmpfile);
+                            fileop_lchown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, tmpfile);
                             fileop_chmod(fi_want->perm, tmpfile);
                         }
                         if (fi_is && fi_is->type == 'D')
@@ -846,7 +835,8 @@ static void slave(char *slave_path) {
                     if (!quiet)
                         warn("ln -s %s %s\n", fi_want->target, filename);
                     fileop_symlink(fi_want->target, filename);
-                    fileop_lchown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
+                    if (!slave_unprivileged)
+                        fileop_lchown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
                     fileop_lmtime(fi_want->mtime, filename);
                 } else {
                     if (!slave_unprivileged && (fi_is->uid != fi_want->uid || fi_is->gid != fi_want->gid)) {
@@ -867,7 +857,8 @@ static void slave(char *slave_path) {
                     if (!quiet)
                         warn("mknod %s P\n", filename);
                     fileop_mknod(filename, fi_want->type, 0);
-                    fileop_chown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
+                    if (!slave_unprivileged)
+                        fileop_lchown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
                     fileop_chmod(fi_want->perm, filename);
                 }
             } else if (fi_want->type== 'S') {
@@ -879,7 +870,8 @@ static void slave(char *slave_path) {
                     if (!quiet)
                         warn("mknod %s %c\n", filename, fi_want->type);
                     fileop_mknod(filename, fi_want->type, fi_want->rdev);
-                    fileop_chown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
+                    if (!slave_unprivileged)
+                        fileop_lchown(fi_want->uid, fi_want->gid, filename);
                     fileop_chmod(fi_want->perm, filename);
                 } else {
                     check_perm(fi_is, fi_want);
@@ -1101,7 +1093,6 @@ static void master(char *master_path, char *target) {
     g_ptr_array_add (EXCEPTS, "./.tags");
     g_ptr_array_add (EXCEPTS, "./.PMIRROR_ENABLED");
     g_ptr_array_add (EXCEPTS, "./.PMIRROR_STATUS");
-    g_ptr_array_add (EXCEPTS, "./.PMIRROR_HISTORY");
     if (excepts) {
         for (char **p = excepts; *p; p++) {
             g_ptr_array_add (EXCEPTS, *p);
@@ -1211,7 +1202,9 @@ static void master(char *master_path, char *target) {
                 char *s = g_strdup_printf("%s:%s", unix_socket_name, unix_socket_name);
                 g_ptr_array_add(args, s);
             }
-            if (ssh_opt) g_ptr_array_add(args, ssh_opt);
+            if (ssh_opts)
+                for (char **p = ssh_opts ; *p ; p++)
+                    g_ptr_array_add(args, *p);
             g_ptr_array_add(args, slave);
             g_ptr_array_add(args, "/usr/bin/cmirror");
             g_ptr_array_add(args, "--slave");
@@ -1450,7 +1443,6 @@ static void master(char *master_path, char *target) {
     }
 }
 
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     char *argv0 = argv[0];
@@ -1464,6 +1456,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
 
     g_autoptr(GStrvBuilder) excepts_builder = g_strv_builder_new();
+    g_autoptr(GStrvBuilder) ssh_opts_builder = g_strv_builder_new();
     while (1) {
         int opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "", options, NULL);
         if (opt == -1)
@@ -1475,9 +1468,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         else if (opt == 101)
             identity_file = g_strdup(optarg);
         else if (opt == 102)
-            g_strv_builder_add(excepts_builder, g_strdup(optarg));
+            g_strv_builder_add(excepts_builder, optarg);
         else if (opt == 103)
-            ssh_opt = g_strdup(optarg);
+            g_strv_builder_add(ssh_opts_builder, optarg);
         else if (opt == 104)
             unix_socket_name = g_strdup(optarg);
         else if (opt == '?')
@@ -1486,6 +1479,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             die("internal error: getopt returned %d\n", opt);
     }
     excepts = g_strv_builder_end(excepts_builder);
+    ssh_opts = g_strv_builder_end(ssh_opts_builder);
     argv = &argv[optind];
     argc -= optind;
 
@@ -1496,7 +1490,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     if (opt_nice) {
         g_autofree char *cmd = g_strdup_printf("ionice -c idle -p %d", getpid());
-        system(cmd);
+        int __attribute__((unused)) status = system(cmd);
     }
 
     if (slave_mode) {