zsh on Opteron (Linux) and limit

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

I've compiled zsh 4.2.4 on Opteron, but the "limit" builtin doesn't
work. When called without any argument, it outputs nothing, and a 0
exit status.

zsh configuration:

zsh configuration
-----------------
zsh version               : 4.2.4
host operating system     : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
source code location      : .
compiler                  : gcc
preprocessor flags        : 
executable compiler flags :  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -O2
module compiler flags     :  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -O2 -fPIC
executable linker flags   :   -s -rdynamic
module linker flags       :   -s -shared
library flags             : -ldl -lnsl -lcurses -lm  -lc
installation basename     : zsh
binary install path       : /users/spaces/logiciels/zsh-patched/x86_64/bin
man page install path     : /users/spaces/logiciels/zsh-patched/man
info install path         : /users/spaces/logiciels/zsh-patched/info
functions install path    : /users/spaces/logiciels/zsh-patched/share/zsh/4.2.4/functions
See config.modules for installed modules and functions.

"strace -f -o strace.out ~soft/zsh-patched/x86_64/bin/zsh -c limit"
outputs:

[...]
25357 open("/users/spaces/logiciels/zsh-patched/x86_64/lib/zsh/4.2.4/zsh/rlimits.so", O_RDONLY) = 3
25357 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\f\0\0"..., 640) = 640
25357 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=12408, ...}) = 0
25357 mmap(NULL, 1058952, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x2a97f74000
25357 mprotect(0x2a97f77000, 1046664, PROT_NONE) = 0
25357 mmap(0x2a98076000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x2a98076000
25357 close(3)                          = 0
25357 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0
25357 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0
25357 exit_group(0, 0, 0x3bfa12c8c0, 0x1, 0x3c <unfinished ... exit status 0>

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