curl | sh is a very transparent installer. Here's the source.
https://raw.github.com/ankane/groupdate.sql/master/mysql.sql
Also, you don't have to use the root user - I'll make that more clear. Thanks for the feedback!
Also, you don't have to use the root user - I'll make that more clear. Thanks for the feedback!
how do you know the script is the same on subsequent requests?
Figuring out how to solve the TOCTOU problem for a small script in a source control repo is should not be difficult for anyone actually qualified to tell if a script is evil or not by looking at it.