Problem: pointer file creation causes unnecessary move operation about archivematica-storage-service HOT 3 CLOSED

From a code perspective, the merging of #366 fixes this issue. However, it requires QA before it can be closed.

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I have been testing Pointer file creation, and generation of the checksum in particular as a way of regression testing the fix for this issue. I haven't been able to verify that the extra 'move' operation has gone away.

To test, I have been creating and storing an AIP, then downloading the AIP and running sha256sum to generate a checksum for the AIP. I then compare the value of this checksum against the value in the pointer file. While looking at the pointer file I've also been doing a quick scan to ensure everything is present as expected.

In the PR, @jrwdunham suggested testing a number of cases - I list these here with progress so far:

• local filesystem, compressed AIP (tested & verified)
• local filesystem, uncompressed AIP (not yet tested)
• local filesystem, reingested AIP (tested & verified)
• non-local filesystem, compressed AIP (tested and verified on an S3 storage location)
• non-local filesystem, uncompressed AIP (not yet tested)
• non-local filesystem, reingested AIP (not yet tested)
  this is WIP. I'll complete this next week.

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Finished testing this using AM 1.7.1 with SS qa/1.x. Verified reingested AIP stored on S3 (non-local filesystem).
Uncompressed AIPS don't have pointer files so those test cases aren't valid.
Moving this to 'verified'.

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