increase ulimit

1024 is not enough. This might be only on Ubuntu, where 1024 is already the default, but it's not just me.
Ch3LL · Sep 2, 2012 · c5966e0 · c5966e0
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diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ Check your file descriptor limit with::
 
     ulimit -n
 
-If it is less than 1024, you should increase it with::
+If it is less than 2047, you should increase it with::
+
+    ulimit -n 2047
+    (or "limit descriptors 2047" for c-shell)
 
-    ulimit -n 1024
 
 Running the tests
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