Rebuilding grub.cfg via grub2-mkconfig does not honor saved_entry on RHEL 8.4 KVM guest image

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The rhel-guest-image type in version RHEL 8.4 does not contain the GRUB_DEFAULT=saved entry in the /etc/default/grub file.

Consequently, if you install a new kernel and rebuild the grub using the grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg command, after the reboot, the system will not boot up with the new kernel.

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