"ulimit -s" has no effect?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Maciej Kalisiak wrote:
> Now, my understanding is that I get the segfault when Python overruns the C
> stack.  Naturally the last number printed should go up when I increase the
> stack size in the shell before calling Python, by using "ulimit -s <number 
> of k>".   But this seems to not be the case.  Whatever value I use with
> ulimit, Python always segfaults at the same recursion depth.  Any advice on
> how to get things to work proper with this?

As a starting point, verify that the limit you set actually does get
set. It may be that you don't have permission to increase your stack
limit.

Regards,
Martin