This has been fixed upstream and in Ubuntu 18.04, marking fix release. If we do a SRU of 2.1.1 for Ubuntu 17.10, this fix will be in it.
** Changed in: lxc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758619 Title: lxc-update-config incorrectly converts network settings Status in lxc package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Before the update, on LXC 2.0.8, I had: lxc.network.type = veth lxc.network.flags = up lxc.network.link = lxcbr0 lxc.network.ipv4 = 10.0.3.205/24 lxc.network.ipv4.gateway = 10.0.3.1 lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:ae:79:d7 After the update to LXC 3.0.0beta3, I have: lxc.net.0.type = veth lxc.net.0.flags = up lxc.net.0.link = lxcbr0 lxc.net.0.ipv4 = 10.0.3.205/24 lxc.net.0.ipv4.gateway = 10.0.3.1 lxc.net.0.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:ae:79:d7 The conversion is wrong. lxc.network.ipv4 (which was the correct spelling, according to the man page in the old package) should have been converted to lxc.net.0.ipv4.address, not to lxc.net.0.ipv4. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: lxc-utils 3.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Mar 25 14:24:16 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-25 (58 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180120) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: lxc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) defaults.conf: lxc.net.0.type = veth lxc.net.0.link = lxcbr0 lxc.net.0.flags = up lxc.net.0.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1758619/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp