Both modules seboolean and zfs have not been adapted since they defer from the default (either by having a 'null' or special state, or prefering "on"/"off" for state indication.

It s not necessary to write an empty string for the file to be created.

When destination sysctl file is missing, it is created.
But, for idempotency purposes, the creation process now takes place just before it is used, in the
main code path so an empty file is not left over if the code
module.fail_jsons before the file is really used.

When syscl file was missing, sysctl module was complaining about it and
bailing out.
This behaviour prevents usage of /etc/sysctl.d directory, present in
some distributions.
This patch accepts a missing sysctl.conf file so sysctl.d directory can
be used.
However, it will bail out if the destination directory doesn't exist.

sysctl module: fixed issue when checks_after fail on comparing keys with values separated by white strings

sysctl module: fixed issue when checks_after fail on comparing keys with values separated by white strings

Now handle positive integer value in virtual files if they are separated
by group of space characters where the count is unpredictable.
Thanks to romeotheriault for filing this bug.

Fixes #1972.

Fixes #1902.

sysctl now capable to search for sys entry into /sys if not under /proc/sys

module/sysctl rolling back to 0.5

write sysctl.conf safely, tempfile first, atomic replace after.
See comments in  https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1810

Patch to replace .format with % () to handle python-2.4 ,
See also https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1810

using name instead key for default arg name. key putted as alias.
also, val become an alias of value arg name.
See also : https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1810