iptables v1.4.10 rateest not working

[madHamish]

iptables rateest module borken in ubuntu 11.10 :

antoine@gateway:~$ more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
antoine@gateway:~$ uname -a
Linux gateway 3.0.0-16-server #29-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 14 13:08:12 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
antoine@gateway:~$ sudo iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j RATEEST --rateest-name eth0 --rateest-interval 250ms --rateest-ewma 0.5s
[sudo] password for antoine:
/lib/xtables/libxt_RATEEST.so: /lib/xtables/libxt_RATEEST.so: undefined symbol: log
iptables v1.4.10: unknown option `--rateest-name'
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
antoine@gateway:~$ apt-cache policy iptables
iptables:
  Installed: 1.4.10-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.4.10-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.10-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

iptables rateest works (while at least does not throw an error) in ubuntu 10.04:

antoine@old-gateway:~$ more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS"
antoine@old-gateway:~$ uname -a
Linux old-gateway 2.6.32-39-generic-pae #86-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 13 23:05:11 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
antoine@old-gateway:~$ sudo iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j RATEEST --rateest-name eth0 --rateest-interval 250ms --rateest-ewma 0.5s
antoine@old-gateway:~$ sudo iptables -t mangle --list POSTROUTING
Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
RATEEST all -- anywhere anywhere name eth0 interval 250.0ms ewmalog 500.0ms
antoine@old-gateway:~$ apt-cache policy iptables
iptables:
  Installed: 1.4.4-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.4.4-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.4-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.