Index: reposync
--- reposync.orig
+++ reposync
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ _t=$(run_rsync --exclude='history*' "${synchost}/CVSRO
 _e=$?
 [[ -n $fwduser ]] && case $_t in
 	"stdio forwarding failed"*|"Stdio forwarding request failed"*)
-		err "mirror does not support ssh port-forwarding" ;;
+		err "mirror does not support ssh port-forwarding, or rsync not running" ;;
 	"Host key verification failed"*)
 		err "host key verification failed - see $rundir/known_hosts" ;;
 esac
