lxc-create can't create bionic container on xenial

[h]

I did run:

 lxc-create -t ubuntu -n ubu18.04 -- template-options -r bionic

which fails in the end:

(...)
Download complete
Copy /var/cache/lxc/bionic/rootfs-amd64 to /var/lib/lxc/ubu18.04/rootfs ...
Copying rootfs to /var/lib/lxc/ubu18.04/rootfs ...
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  de_DE.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
mv: Aufruf von stat für '/var/lib/lxc/ubu18.04/rootfs/etc/init/ssh.conf' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
lxc-create: lxccontainer.c: create_run_template: 1295 container creation template for ubu18.04 failed
lxc-create: tools/lxc_create.c: main: 318 Error creating container ubu18.04

I've seen that when creating a xenial container this is the point where new sshd keys get created.

  dpkg -l 'lxc*'
||/ Name Version
+++-==============-======================-
ii lxc 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
ii lxc-common 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
ii lxc-templates 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
ii lxc1 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
ii lxcfs 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
un lxcguest <keine>
un lxctl <keine>

  lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release: 16.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Oliver Mueller (oliver-vpr)]

In my case the underlying host is an ubuntu 16.04. I don't know, if that can cause trouble?

[h (sairia-b)]

Oliver, this bug is exactly about creating a bionic container on an ubuntu 16.04 host.

[h (sairia-b)]

This is fixed in lxc 2.1.1 which is available via ppa for 14.04 but has to be pushed to xenial updates.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

We're now using distrobuilder to build pre-made images avoiding the mess that was those scripts.