--- src/gen_list.c.orig	2007-12-19 15:37:13.000000000 -0800
+++ src/gen_list.c	2007-12-19 16:19:43.000000000 -0800
@@ -732,33 +732,6 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
-//this is used to check if $text if equal to a node in $rxrlist
-//should be used to check equ_rx_lst only
-int check_list_for_equal(list* rxrlist,char* text,DB_ATTR_TYPE* attr)
-{
-  list* r=NULL;
-  int retval=1;
-  char *temp;
-
-  for(r=rxrlist;r;r=r->next){
-    temp=((rx_rule*)r->data)->rx;
-    
-    //FIXME, if rx not begin with ^, may need to do something else
-    if(temp[0]=='^') //^ is for reg exp, we can ignore this character
-      temp++;
-
-    //we don't need to worry about buff-overflow, so strcmp is safe
-    if((retval=strcmp(temp, text))==0){
-      *attr=((rx_rule*)r->data)->attr;
-      error(231,"\"%s\" matches string from line #%ld: %s\n",text,((rx_rule*)r->data)->conf_lineno,((rx_rule*)r->data)->rx);
-      break;
-    } else {
-      error(231,"\"%s\" doesn't match string from line #%ld: %s\n",text,((rx_rule*)r->data)->conf_lineno,((rx_rule*)r->data)->rx);
-    }
-  }
-  return retval;
-}
-
 /* 
  * Function check_node_for_match()
  * calls itself recursively to go to the top and then back down.
@@ -783,35 +756,24 @@
     return retval;
   }
   
-  /* We need this to check whether this was the first one *
-   * to be called and not a recursive call */
-  if(!((retval&16)==16)){
-    retval|=16;
+  /* if this call is not recursive we check the equals list and we set top *
+   * and retval so we know following calls are recursive */
+  if(!(retval&16)){
     top=1;
-  } else {
-    top=0;
-  }
-  
-  /* if no deeper match found */
-  if(!((retval&8)==8)&&!((retval&4)==4)){
+    retval|=16;
+
     if(!check_list_for_match(node->equ_rx_lst,text,attr)){
-      /*
-	Zhi Wen Wong added this line to fix bug that equ not work for 
-	compare
-	if we do "=/bin", we should only check /bin
-	so, /bin/bash or /bin/something should return 0 as neg
-      */
-      if(!check_list_for_equal(node->equ_rx_lst,text,attr))
-	retval|=(2|4);
-    };
-  };
+      retval|=2|4;
+    }
+  }
   /* We'll use retval to pass information on whether to recurse 
    * the dir or not */
 
 
-  if(!((retval&8)==8)&&!((retval&4)==4)){
+  /* If 4 and 8 are not set, we will check for matches */
+  if(!(retval&(4|8))){
     if(!check_list_for_match(node->sel_rx_lst,text,attr))
-      retval|=(1|8);
+      retval|=1|8;
   }
 
   /* Now let's check the ancestors */