diff -u rsnapshot-program.pl.orig rsnapshot-program.pl
--- rsnapshot-program.pl.orig	2010-01-13 13:01:26.000000000 +0100
+++ rsnapshot-program.pl	2010-01-13 13:08:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@
 					# attempt to run multiple invocations of rsync instead.
 					#
 					$exclude_path = $config_vars{'snapshot_root'};
-					$exclude_path =~ s/^$src//;
+					#$exclude_path =~ s/^$src//;
 					
 					# pass it to rsync on this backup point only
 					$hash{'opts'}{'extra_rsync_long_args'} .= sprintf(' --exclude=%s', $exclude_path);