Index: lib/bb/data_smart.py
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--- lib/bb/data_smart.py        (revision 261)
+++ lib/bb/data_smart.py        (working copy)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
         DataSmart.__init__(self)

         self.cache  = cache
-        self.bbfile = name
+        self.bbfile = os.path.abspath(name)

         # Either unpickle the data or do copy on write
         if clean: