attempt to update Iridium on openSUSE Leap 15.3

[markgharvey]

Attempting to update Iridium Browser

Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.

History:
- error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/chromium: cpio: File from package already exists as a directory in system

error: iridium-browser-2022.12.108.1-lp153.1.1.x86_64: install failed
error: iridium-browser-2021.12.96.0-bp153.1636.1.x86_64: erase skipped

Searched /var/log/messages ; found the following

/var/log/messages:2022-12-07T14:03:25.585886-07:00 p5510 [RPM][18671]: erase iridium-browser-2021.12.96.0-bp153.1636.1.x86_64: success
/var/log/messages:2022-12-07T14:03:25.587396-07:00 p5510 [RPM][18671]: install iridium-browser-2022.12.108.1-lp153.1.1.x86_64: failure
/var/log/messages:2022-12-07T14:03:25.590443-07:00 p5510 plasmashell[2102]: PK error: "Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.\nHistory:\n - error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/chromium: cpio: File from package already exists as a directory in system\n   error: iridium-browser-2022.12.108.1-lp153.1.1.x86_64: install failed\n   error: iridium-browser-2021.12.96.0-bp153.1636.1.x86_64: erase skipped\n" type: "package-failed-to-install"

Using YaST, uninstalled Iridium browser
Using YaST, reinstalled Iridium browser , which showed latest release being available.
iridium-browser-2022.12.108

Re-installation failed with this error:

Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
History:
 - error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/chromium: cpio: File from package already exists as a directory in system
   error: iridium-browser-2022.12.108.1-lp153.1.1.x86_64: install failed