Index: wafadmin/Node.py
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--- wafadmin/Node.py	(revision 1446)
+++ wafadmin/Node.py	(working copy)
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 	def __init__(self, name, parent):
 		self.m_name = name
 		self.m_parent = parent
-		self.m_cached_path = ""
 
 		self.__hash_value=None #value should chache the hash value
 
@@ -411,15 +410,7 @@
 
 	def equals(self, node):
 		"is one node equal to another one"
-		p1 = self
-		p2 = node
-		while p1 and p2:
-			if p1.m_name != p2.m_name:
-				return 0
-			p1=p1.m_parent
-			p2=p2.m_parent
-		if p1 or p2: return 0
-		return 1
+                return (self.abspath(None) == node.abspath(None))
 
 	def variant(self, env):
 		"variant, or output directory for this node, a source has for variant 0"