DAOS-623 build: add a linter to normalize config

[jolivier23]

Change-Id: I9d8839df99c4e2930067483fa760b9ef5c9c2b2a

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[daosbuild3]

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[daosbuild3]

Test stage Unit Test bdev completed with status FAILURE. https://jenkins-3.daos.hpc.amslabs.hpecorp.net/job/daos-stack/job/daos/job/PR-17781/1/display/redirect

[github-actions]

Ticket title is 'Generic ticket for minor code cleanup and improvement'
Status is 'Resolved'
Labels: 'request_for_2.6.5,request_for_2.6.6,request_for_2.8,scrubbed_2.6.5'
Job should run at elevated priority (1)
https://daosio.atlassian.net/browse/DAOS-623