bjam and cygwin

From: Mal Cifuentes (malcolm_cifuentes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-12 04:06:48

hi,
i am using bjam compiled natively for windows under cygwin.

When is some one considered to be using the cygwin environment according to 
bbuild.
a) using a native bjam + cygwin shell
b) using a cygwin version of bjam + cygwin shell

It appears os.name is a compile time setting and not a run time setting, am 
I correct in stating this?

If so, any one know why?

thanks