drop long-deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
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drop long-deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh

tools/gpgsm-gencert.sh: remove deprecated script entirely. It is fully replaced by gpgsm --gen-key
doc/tools.texi: remove gpgsm-gencert.sh documentation
.gitignore: no longer ignore gpgsm-gencert.sh manpage
doc/Makefile.am: quit making the manpage
tools/Makefile.am: quit distributing the script
doc/howto-create-a-server-cert.texi: overhaul documentation to use gpgsm --gen-key and tweak explanations

The commit deprecating gpgsm-gencert.sh
(81972ca7d53ff1996e0086702a09d4405bdc2a7e) dates back exactly 6 years.

https://codesearch.debian.net/results/gpgsm-gencert.sh

suggests that in all of debian it is only referenced in documentation
(for poldi and scute) and example files (libept), and isn't actually
used directly anywhere.

Furthermore, trying to use gpgsm-gencert.sh to make a simple webserver
certificate-signing request failed for me, following the examples in
doc/howto-create-a-server-cert.texi exactly.

It's time we ripped off this band-aid :)