Since you are on OS X 10.7.5, I don't think you need to do this at all. The
instructions mention the requirement is for OS X "up to version 10.2.8". I
install OCaml on Mac all the time without changing this setting. Currently
I have:

$ ulimit -s
8192


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:11 PM, <kaizen@wh.commufa.jp> wrote:

> I installed OCaml on Mac OS X 10.7.5, reading README and INSTALL.
>
> in the README document,
> https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list
> can not connected directly.
>
> In the INSTALL document,
> "* Under MacOS X up to version 10.2.8, you must raise the limit on the
>   stack size with one of the following commands:
>
>     limit stacksize 64M  # if your shell is zsh or tcsh
>     ulimit -s 65536      # if your shell is bash     "
>
> But
> ulimt -s 65536 yield
> "ulimit: stack size: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument"
>
> I change the value 65536 to 65532
>    ulimit -s 65532
> and 65532 is recognized the maximum number on Macintosh 10.7.5 (Macbook pro
> and iMAC).
>
> Are there any differences on the Macintosh OS version or Machine type?
>
> Best Regards.
> Ogawa Kiyoshi
>
> Activity record are
> http://researchmap.jp/jolsk0um1-1861956/#_1861956
>
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