Transition from deprecated pointer library to ptr

[dereknola]

Proposed Changes

• Move from deprecated K8s Util Pointer to Util Ptr library

Types of Changes

Verification

CI Green, K3s makes

Testing

Linked Issues

#9819

User-Facing Change

Further Comments

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 26.66667% with 11 lines in your changes are missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 28.61%. Comparing base (b5d0d4e) to head (025949a).
Report is 1 commits behind head on master.

Files	Patch %	Lines
pkg/cli/secretsencrypt/secrets_encrypt.go	0.00%	6 Missing ⚠️
pkg/server/secrets-encrypt.go	0.00%	2 Missing ⚠️
pkg/cli/token/token.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️
pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️
pkg/spegel/spegel.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

@@             Coverage Diff             @@
##           master    #9801       +/-   ##
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- Coverage   52.88%   28.61%   -24.28%     
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  Files         155      155               
  Lines       13597    13597               
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- Hits         7191     3891     -3300     
- Misses       5044     8924     +3880     
+ Partials     1362      782      -580     

Flag	Coverage Δ
e2etests	8.57% <6.66%> (-40.74%)	⬇️
inttests	21.31% <6.66%> (-18.14%)	⬇️
unittests	16.40% <50.00%> (ø)

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