Comment # 6 on bug 1227464 from Michael Chang

(In reply to Daan De Meyer from comment #5)
> > Could you please elaborate on the requirements for grub2-bin to achieve your goal? This would help me to get a better understanding.
> 
> I want grub2-bin to install the grub tools without configuring the system to
> actually use grub as the bootloader. It's fine if it triggers a bootloader
> update on upgrade if grub is already the bootloader for the system, it just
> shouldn't do anything if grub is not the system's bootloader.

In the Tumbleweed 20241002 snapshot, grub tools and other common stuff have
been moved to the grub2-common package. This allows them to be installed
separately from grub platform modules, meaning no updates to the bootloader.
You might want to take a look and see if this setup works better for your
needs.