Sign and verify manifests in Go with OpenPGP instead of running gpg (closes #181)
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mfer ran the gpg binary to sign, export keys and verify, so signing and
loading signed manifests failed wherever gpg is missing. It now uses
github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto/openpgp. --sign-key and MFER_SIGN_KEY
name a file holding one version 4 OpenPGP secret key; a protected key's
passphrase comes from MFER_SIGN_KEY_PASSPHRASE or a terminal prompt. gen
and freshen check that the key can sign before they read any file.
Verification keeps the rules of the --require-signature fix: one primary
key in the embedded block, counted from its packets, exactly one
signature, made by that key or a subkey, and signer equal to its
fingerprint. A DSA key is refused, and so is an armored field that is
not one well-formed block.

Model: opus-5-5
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@@ -257,8 +257,9 @@ are now tracked only in the [issues](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/issues).
- Should the manifest signature format be GnuPG signatures, or those from
OpenBSD's signify (of which there is a good
[golang implementation](https://github.com/frankbraun/gosignify))? Still open,
as question 10 on [issue 82](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/issues/82).
[golang implementation](https://github.com/frankbraun/gosignify))? Settled
under question 10 on [issue 82](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/issues/82):
OpenPGP signatures, which mfer makes and checks itself without running `gpg`.
- Should the on-disk serialization format be proto3 or json? Settled: it is
proto3, see `docs/FORMAT.md` and `mfer/mf.proto`.
@@ -296,6 +297,17 @@ are now tracked only in the [issues](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/issues).
- leaves out hidden files unless given `--include-dotfiles`, and symlinks
unless given `--follow-symlinks`, which lists each symlink to a file under
its own name with the contents of the file it points to
- `mfer gen --sign-key key.asc` / `mfer freshen --sign-key key.asc`
- signs the manifest with the OpenPGP secret key in `key.asc`, armored or
binary, as `gpg --export-secret-keys` writes it; `MFER_SIGN_KEY` names the
file too. mfer signs it itself and does not need `gpg`. A file holding
more than one key is refused, and a key held only on a smartcard cannot
sign. The key must be a version 4 key, whose 40-character fingerprint is
what `--require-signature` takes, and not a DSA key. A key that cannot
sign, because it has expired or been revoked or its passphrase is wrong,
stops `gen` and `freshen` before they read any file
- takes a protected key's passphrase from `MFER_SIGN_KEY_PASSPHRASE`, or
else asks for it at the terminal
- `mfer fetch https://example.com/stuff/`
- fetches `/stuff/index.mf` and downloads all files listed in manifest into
the current directory, or the one given with `--dest`, and assures