diff -r 9efefcab817e Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Fri Sep 12 10:39:48 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py	Sat Sep 13 00:47:50 2014 +0800
@@ -1802,16 +1802,16 @@
         # Resolve absolute paths
         p = (P / 'link0').resolve()
         self.assertEqual(p, P)
-        self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+        self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
         p = (P / 'link1').resolve()
         self.assertEqual(p, P)
-        self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+        self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
         p = (P / 'link2').resolve()
         self.assertEqual(p, P)
-        self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+        self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
         p = (P / 'link3').resolve()
         self.assertEqual(p, P)
-        self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+        self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
 
         # Resolve relative paths
         old_path = os.getcwd()
@@ -1819,16 +1819,16 @@
         try:
             p = self.cls('link0').resolve()
             self.assertEqual(p, P)
-            self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+            self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
             p = self.cls('link1').resolve()
             self.assertEqual(p, P)
-            self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+            self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
             p = self.cls('link2').resolve()
             self.assertEqual(p, P)
-            self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+            self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
             p = self.cls('link3').resolve()
             self.assertEqual(p, P)
-            self.assertEqual(str(p), BASE)
+            self.assertSame(str(p), BASE)
         finally:
             os.chdir(old_path)