Index: xpath.c
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RCS file: /cvs/gnome/gnome-xml/xpath.c,v
retrieving revision 1.276
diff -u -r1.276 xpath.c
--- xpath.c	12 Nov 2004 16:03:48 -0000	1.276
+++ xpath.c	14 Nov 2004 17:29:55 -0000
@@ -1656,9 +1656,30 @@
 	    return(-1);
     }
 
-    for (cur = node1->next;cur != NULL;cur = cur->next)
-	if (cur == node2)
-	    return(1);
+    if (node1->doc == node2->doc) {
+      cur = node1->next;
+      while (cur != NULL) {
+	if (cur == node2) return(1);
+	if ((cur->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) && (0>(long) cur->content)) {
+	  xmlNodePtr cur2;
+	  cur2 = node2->prev;
+	  while (cur2 != NULL) {
+	    if (cur2 == cur) return(1);
+	    if ((cur2->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) && (0>(long) cur2->content)) {
+	      long l1, l2;
+	      l1 = -((long) cur->content);
+	      l2 = -((long) cur2->content);
+	      if (l1 < l2) return(1);
+	      if (l1 > l2) return(-1);
+	      return 0;
+	    }
+	    cur2 = cur2->prev;
+	  }
+	  return(-1); /* assume there is no sibling list corruption */
+	}
+	cur = cur->next;
+      }
+    }
     return(-1); /* assume there is no sibling list corruption */
 }