diff -Naur orig/pacman-2.8.4/src/pacsync.c pacman-2.8.4/src/pacsync.c
--- orig/pacman-2.8.4/src/pacsync.c	2004-07-16 20:16:35.000000000 -0500
+++ pacman-2.8.4/src/pacsync.c	2004-08-25 03:00:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 extern PMList *pmc_syncs;
 extern int maxcols;
 
+/* hot hot pacman action */
+unsigned int lastcur = 0;
+struct mouth {
+	unsigned open:1;
+} mouth;
+
 int sync_synctree()
 {
 	char ldir[PATH_MAX] = "";
@@ -424,13 +430,17 @@
 	printf(" %s [", sync_fnm);
 	cur = (int)((maxcols-64)*pct/100);
 	for(i = 0; i < maxcols-64; i++) {
-		(i < cur) ? printf("#") : printf(" ");
+		(i < cur) ? printf(" ") : (i == cur) ? ((lastcur == cur) ?
+			(mouth.open ? printf("C") : printf("c")) :
+			(++mouth.open ? printf("C") : printf("c"))) :
+			printf(".");
 	}
 	if(rate > 1000) {
 		printf("] %3d%%  %6dK  %6.0fK/s  %02d:%02d:%02d\r", pct, ((xfered+offset) / 1024), rate, eta_h, eta_m, eta_s);
 	} else {
 		printf("] %3d%%  %6dK  %6.1fK/s  %02d:%02d:%02d\r", pct, ((xfered+offset) / 1024), rate, eta_h, eta_m, eta_s);
 	}
+	lastcur = cur;
 	fflush(stdout);
 	return(1);
 }