Fix crash in var_defines when define string is empty

[zyk2507]

b2 aborts in var_defines on empty define

Proposed changes

Skip empty definition strings in var_defines() to avoid startup abort (std::length_error) when the built-in define list contains "".
Fixed the bug described in: #534

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