rsync - Mar 2009 - rsync -a --inplace signals "permission denied" on read-only files

Since the read-only property of the file, is managed by rsync (as
requested by the "-a" flag), rsync should override the read-only
setting
on the file, shouldn't it?
A workaround is to not use "--inplace", but I'd like to hear
whether
it's considered a bug,


        Stefan