Automake has builtin support to prevent botched conditional nesting,
but only if you use:
if FOO
else !FOO
endif !FOO
An example error message when using the wrong name:
daemon/Makefile.am:378: error: else reminder (LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD_TRUE) incompatible with current conditional: LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD_FALSE
daemon/Makefile.am:381: error: endif reminder (LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD_TRUE) incompatible with current conditional: LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_SYSTEMD_FALSE
As our makefiles tend to have quite a bit of nested conditionals,
it's better to take advantage of the benefits of the build system
double-checking that our conditionals are well-nested, but that
requires a syntax check to enforce our usage style.
Alas, unlike C preprocessor and spec files, we can't use indentation
to make it easier to see how deeply nesting goes.