Quite large reworking of signer/cert handling.

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diff --git a/src/certificate_chain.h b/src/certificate_chain.h
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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+/** @file  src/signer_chain.h
+ *  @brief Functions to make signer chains.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+namespace dcp {
+
+/** Create a chain of certificates for signing things.
+ *  @param openssl Name of openssl binary (if it is on the path) or full path.
+ *  @return Directory (which should be deleted by the caller) containing:
+ *    - ca.self-signed.pem      self-signed root certificate
+ *    - intermediate.signed.pem intermediate certificate
+ *    - leaf.key                leaf certificate private key
+ *    - leaf.signed.pem         leaf certificate
+ */
+boost::filesystem::path make_certificate_chain (boost::filesystem::path openssl);
+
+}