[LEAPSECS] preparations for the next leap second

[Steve Allen]

US DoD issued NANU 2012034 basically saying a leap second is coming
but anything that conforms to IS-GPS-200 will be fine.

The seismologists have issued patches for their database ingestion
http://groups.google.com/group/anss-aqms/browse_thread/thread/759788dddc900711/6d056bde36aec09

Here is a nice blog post about ways to play with linux and NTP
http://my.opera.com/marcomarongiu/blog/2012/06/01/an-humble-attempt-to-work-around-the-leap-second

During the past month linux kernel hackers have been discussing a
significant change to the way that the kernel handles leap seconds
based on a set of patches from Richard Cochran.
http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/aa9384a6ace84c0b/1beb72b4bc04af06

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