>> i want rsync --del, except, not within any dest side mounts.  sort of
>> reminiscent of -x, but on the dest side.  anyone know the trick?
>
> -x, --one-file-system
>                This tells rsync to avoid crossing a  filesystem  boundary  when
>                recursing.   This  does  not limit the user’s ability to specify
>                items to copy from multiple filesystems, just rsync’s  recursion
>                through the hierarchy of each directory that the user specified,
>                and also the analogous recursion on the  receiving  side  during
>                deletion.
>
> well maybe it does do what i want.

i've been burned on this, hence wary.  i'm guessing rsync's handling
of -x on the receiving side is relatively new.