network.sh  /sbin/ifconfig: No such file or directory

Using the last available ppc64le iso file from (1)
in grub menu add vnc parms that enable network (2)
But the network.sh script is reporting missing ifconfig as per (3)
I assume this is a side effect of the net-tools package change (4)
that removed ifconfig.

(1) https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/70150/asset/4890
=== (2) ===
grub> linux /boot/ppc64le/linux  vnc=1 vncpassword=abc123abc startshell=1
http_proxy=<my proxy addr>
grub> initrd /boot/ppc64le/initrd
grub> boot
=== (3) ===
...
starting VNC server...
A log file will be written to: /var/log/YaST2/vncserver.log ...

***
***           You can connect to <host>, display :1 now with vncviewer
***           Or use a Java capable browser on http://<host>:5801/
***

(When YaST2 is finished, close your VNC viewer and return to this window.)

Active interfaces:

/usr/lib/YaST2/startup/common/network.sh: line 47: /sbin/ifconfig: No such file
or directory
===
(4)
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/network:utilities/net-tools/net-tools.changes?expand=1