diff -Nru lxc-2.0.8/debian/changelog lxc-2.0.8/debian/changelog
--- lxc-2.0.8/debian/changelog	2017-08-29 18:40:49.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-2.0.8/debian/changelog	2017-09-06 16:10:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lxc (2.0.8-0ubuntu7.1) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Cherrypick fixes for netplan to fix release-regressed autopkgtests and
+    unblock proposed migration of reverse-dependencies.
+
+ -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:10:01 +0100
+
 lxc (2.0.8-0ubuntu7) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * Cherry-pick upstream fix:
diff -Nru lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d.patch lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d.patch
--- lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d.patch	2017-09-06 16:08:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From 649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>
+Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:45:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] templates/ubuntu: support netplan in newer releases by
+ default
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+If netplan is present in the container, configure default networking
+with neplan instead of ifupdown. Also, do not install ifupdown when
+boostrapping minbase variant, unless using currently support
+non-netplan releases (trusty, zenial, zesty).
+
+Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>
+Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
+Acked-by: Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>
+---
+ templates/lxc-ubuntu.in | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in b/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
+index dee136f2a..ec41fcd2a 100644
+--- a/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
++++ b/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
+@@ -92,7 +92,15 @@ configure_ubuntu()
+     password=$5
+ 
+     # configure the network using the dhcp
+-    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/network/interfaces
++    if [ -d $rootfs/etc/netplan ]; then
++        cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/netplan/10-lxc.yaml
++network:
++  ethernets:
++    eth0: {dhcp4: true}
++  version: 2
++EOF
++    else
++        cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/network/interfaces
+ # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
+ # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
+ 
+@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ iface lo inet loopback
+ auto eth0
+ iface eth0 inet dhcp
+ EOF
++    fi
+ 
+     # set the hostname
+     cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/hostname
+@@ -366,7 +375,13 @@ download_ubuntu()
+         debootstrap_parameters="$debootstrap_parameters --variant=$variant"
+     fi
+     if [ "$variant" = 'minbase' ]; then
+-        packages_template="${packages_template},sudo,ifupdown,isc-dhcp-client"
++        packages_template="${packages_template},sudo"
++        # Newer releases use netplan, EOL releases not supported
++        case $release in
++          trusty|xenial|zesty)
++                packages_template="${packages_template},ifupdown,isc-dhcp-client"
++                ;;
++        esac
+     fi
+ 
+     echo "Installing packages in template: ${packages_template}"
diff -Nru lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3.patch lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3.patch
--- lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3.patch	2017-09-06 16:09:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>
+Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:40:58 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Check that there is netplan binary, rather than just just a
+ config directory.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>
+Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
+---
+ templates/lxc-ubuntu.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in b/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
+index ec41fcd2a..80a28fd2a 100644
+--- a/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
++++ b/templates/lxc-ubuntu.in
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ configure_ubuntu()
+     password=$5
+ 
+     # configure the network using the dhcp
+-    if [ -d $rootfs/etc/netplan ]; then
++    if chroot $rootfs which netplan >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+         cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/netplan/10-lxc.yaml
+ network:
+   ethernets:
diff -Nru lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/series lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/series
--- lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/series	2017-08-29 18:40:33.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-2.0.8/debian/patches/series	2017-09-06 16:09:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
 0012-cgroups-handle-hybrid-cgroup-layouts.patch
 0013-Make-must_make_path-available-to-cgroup_utils.patch
 0014-templates-ubuntu-conditionally-move-upstart-ssh-job-.patch
+649f249cd086e2417e3e79d38de526b8cf590c4d.patch
+db3c8336ac89a0c7a1ea29c613c58dd91220e4e3.patch