Tracepath reports incorrect number of hops back

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy iputils-tracepath
iputils-tracepath:
  Installed: 3:20071127-1build1
  Candidate: 3:20071127-1build1
  Version table:
 *** 3:20071127-1build1 0
        500 http://ftp.usf.edu karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Trace path reports incorrect number of hops back.
For example
tracepath localhost
 1: localhost (127.0.0.1) 0.080ms pmtu 16436
 1: localhost (127.0.0.1) 0.025ms reached
 1: localhost (127.0.0.1) 0.020ms reached
     Resume: pmtu 16436 hops 1 back 64

Number of hops back should be 1 not 64