self.build_dir = build_lib
-cflags = ['-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wno-write-strings']
-cflags += getenv('CFLAGS', '').split()
+cflags = getenv('CFLAGS', '').split()
+# switch off several checks (need to be at the end of cflags list)
+cflags += ['-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-unused-parameter' ]
build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')