Installing the MySQL gem on OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with MacPorts MySQL5

Took a while to work this command out. Hopefully it can save someone else some time.

sudo port install mysql5-server
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/bin/mysql_config5

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