if { mysql_install_db --help || :; } | grep -q -- '--auth-root-authentication-method'; then
# beginning in 10.4.3, install_db uses "socket" which only allows system user root to connect, switch back to "normal" to allow mysql root without a password
# see https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/b9f3f06857ac6f9105dc65caae19782f09b47fb3
# (this flag doesn't exist in 10.0 and below)
if { mysql_install_db --help || :; } | grep -q -- '--auth-root-authentication-method'; then
# beginning in 10.4.3, install_db uses "socket" which only allows system user root to connect, switch back to "normal" to allow mysql root without a password
# see https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/b9f3f06857ac6f9105dc65caae19782f09b47fb3
# (this flag doesn't exist in 10.0 and below)