Installing MySQL-Python in Mac OS X Mavericks

If you are in Mac OS X Mavericks and while trying to install MySQL-Python you run into this error:

	running build_ext
	building '_mysql' extension
	creating build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7
	cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -mno-fused-madd -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -pipe -Dversion_info=(1,2,4,'final',1) -D__version__=1.2.4 -I/usr/local/mysql/include -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -Os -g -fno-strict-aliasing -arch x86_64
	clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' [-Wunused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future]
	clang: note: this will be a hard error (cannot be downgraded to a warning) in the future
	error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

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This is a what makes the trick:

	export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments
	export CPPFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments

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Then, pip works its way towards installing MySQL-Python OK:

	(....)
	#define HAVE_WCSCOLL
	^
	/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:906:9: note: previous definition is here
	#define HAVE_WCSCOLL 1
	^
	_mysql.c:1589:10: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Wtautological-compare]
	if (how < 0 || how >= sizeof(row_converters)) {
	~~~ ^ ~
	3 warnings generated.
	cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-F. -Qunused-arguments -Qunused-arguments build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient_r -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/_mysql.so -arch x86_64
	Successfully installed MySQL-python
	Cleaning up...

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Voilà!