ft_min_word_len does not pick up on a debian box

hi all,
i'm trying to set ft_min_word_len to 2 in my.cnf of a debian box.

i found it does not pick up the new value but the default value 3. i
just upgraded the mysql version to 5.1.

setting the value to a higher value (12) works, tried rebuilding the
indexes and dropping and adding the fulltext index. still no luck.

what am i missing here?

~viraj

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