Redhat 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 use old sysctl package

[wwright2]

Raised this issue to add documentation to puppet-sysctl - thank you.

6.8 updates the package such that /etc/sysctl.d directory is supported.

versions earlier than procps 3.2.8-33.el6 may or may not process /etc/sysctl.d on reboot and do not support sysctl --system as documented in the newer releases of the package.

6.5 = 3.2.8-25.el6 # does not process /etc/sysctl.d on reboot. only /etc/sysctl.conf

[wwright2]

Note: rhel-6 is no longer supported as of 2016, so this is a bit obscure unless you are dealing with old servers which cannot be updated to newer release easily. However, rhel-6 you can update the procps package to 3.2.8-36 without a issue and resolve problem.