[Boost-build] Local platform architecture not represented?

Subject: [Boost-build] Local platform architecture not represented?
From: John Bito (jwbito_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-23 20:01:00

I was happily assuming that the OSPLAT variable described in the
Boost.Jam reference would allow me to set up my build to be sensitive
to the platform without having logic my Jamfiles (or the script that
launches bjam).  I was disappointed that there doesn't appear to be a
value for this variable in the build of I bjam I made for Solaris10.
The executable I downloaded for Windows does provide a value (only if
I access it using modules.peek : OSPLAT - I still struggle with
variable scoping).  Does this indicate a problem with the way I built
bjam on Solaris?