RSYNC appears broken

[freebsd at critesclan.com]

I am on 5.1-CURRENT, via CVSup (tag=".") with build/install on a weekly
basis. I also CVSup the ports tree. I am using rsync-2.5.6_1, which
pkg_version tells me is up-to-date.

A script I have which used to work (9+ months ago, before I upgraded to 5.x)
does not work. The part that is broken is the --password-file parm. No
matter where I place it (first, last, middle, etc), rsync will still prompt
me for the login password.

Lee