How can I avoid overwriting config files changed by me without asking? How are others handling this situation?
/etc/apt/apt.conf :
DPkg { Options { "--abort-after=4711"; // a magic number in cologne ;-) "--force-confnew"; } };
is set up by FAI as a default - replacing force-confnew with force-confdef will tell apt/dpkg that you don't want your files to be replaced.
Regards, Michael