RHEL 8 install on EFI system results with grub2-pc RPM installed

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Issue

  • RHEL 8 install on EFI system results with grub2-pc RPM installed, and an /etc/grub2.cfg symbolic link pointing to non-exiting file.

    # rpm -qf /etc/grub2{,-efi}.cfg
    grub2-pc
    grub2-efi-x64
    
    # readlink -ve /etc/grub2{,-efi}.cfg
    readlink: /etc/grub2.cfg: No such file or directory
    /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8

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