Cross-compiling for GNU/Hurd fails

[mbakke]

BPO	41160
Nosy	@mbakke
PRs	bpo-41160: Support cross-compiling for GNU/Hurd. #21218

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[mbakke]

Attempting to cross-compile for i586-pc-gnu fails with the following message:

checking MACHDEP... configure: error: cross build not supported for i586-pc-gnu

Adding a trivial case for it in the configure script is sufficient.