title: Can't install mysql-python with pip on MacOS 10.12.4
body: <p>Following error recieved when running <code>pip install mysql-python</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>Collecting mysql-python
    Using cached MySQL-python-1.2.5.zip
      Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
        File "/private/var/folders/b_/xh05hxwd0lzc3rm858jsypdc0000gn/T/pip-build-AWDYaP/mysql-python/setup.py", line 17, in &lt;module&gt;
          metadata, options = get_config()
        File "setup_posix.py", line 53, in get_config
          libraries = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith(compiler_flag("l")) ]
        File "setup_posix.py", line 8, in dequote
          if s[0] in "\"'" and s[0] == s[-1]:
      IndexError: string index out of range
  
      ----------------------------------------
  Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/b_/xh05hxwd0lzc3rm858jsypdc0000gn/T/pip-build-AWDYaP/mysql-python/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I followed the instructions in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35991403/python-pip-install-gives-command-python-setup-py-egg-info-failed-with-error-c">this</a> post around reinstalling setuptools and I have reinstalled Python from <a href="https://www.python.org/" rel="noreferrer">https://www.python.org/</a></p>
  
  <p><code>which -a python</code> gives</p>
  
  <pre><code>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
  /usr/local/bin/python
  /usr/bin/python
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error seems to have occurred since installing MacOS 10.12.4 update</p>