Try with:

# dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Aitor.

On 28/08/15 13:21, Dave Turner
<dave_t_turner@???> wrote:
> I run devuan unstable 'ceres' on my Toshiba laptop and my iMac.
> It all works with just a bit of weirdness.
> I use apt-get update apt-get upgrade and then use aptitude to fix those
> upgrades that get held back for various reasons.
> Whenever I highlight one of the held back packages and press 'e' to
> examine the various possibilities the names of the packages to be
> removed or installed are mangled with block characters and/or assorted
> characters from other non-Latin1 character sets. Upside down question
> marks etc.
>
> Any ideas what is going on?
>
> I am using the slim login manager and then depending on my mood fluxbox,
> xfce, or lumina - the new desktop from pc-bsd.