Configure: ensure empty arrays aren't created inadvertently

Just refering to a hash table element as an array reference will
automatically create that element.  Avoid that by defaulting to
a separate empty array reference.

Fixes #7543

Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7544)

(cherry picked from commit 3bed01a09071fb289484dfd265f0a8a991537282)