diff -Nru /tmp/LqK5KwZMxU/usplash-0.1/debian/changelog /tmp/26m17ILpPd/usplash-0.1/debian/changelog
--- /tmp/LqK5KwZMxU/usplash-0.1/debian/changelog	2006-02-23 03:53:07.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/26m17ILpPd/usplash-0.1/debian/changelog	2006-03-09 17:29:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+usplash (0.1-31usplashdown1) dapper; urgency=low
+
+  * Allow PROGRESS to accept negative progress counts and paint these
+    with the foreground and background swapped.
+
+ -- Paul Sladen <ubuntu@paul.sladen.org>  Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:29:44 +0000
+
 usplash (0.1-31) dapper; urgency=low
 
   * Include a new command, /usr/sbin/usplash_down that can be called by
diff -Nru /tmp/LqK5KwZMxU/usplash-0.1/usplash.c /tmp/26m17ILpPd/usplash-0.1/usplash.c
--- /tmp/LqK5KwZMxU/usplash-0.1/usplash.c	2006-01-09 10:22:00.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/26m17ILpPd/usplash-0.1/usplash.c	2006-03-09 17:59:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -174,12 +174,20 @@
 }
 
 void draw_progress(int percentage) {
-	// Blank out the previous contents
-	if (percentage < 0 || percentage > 100) {
+	int fore = PROGRESSBAR_COLOUR, back = PROGRESSBAR_BACKGROUND;
+
+	if (percentage < -100 || percentage > 100)
 		return;
+
+	// Paint bar in reverse-video if percentage passed is negative.
+	if (percentage < 0) {
+		fore = PROGRESSBAR_BACKGROUND;
+		back = PROGRESSBAR_COLOUR;
+		percentage = -percentage;
 	}
-	bogl_clear(left_edge+220,PROGRESS_BAR,left_edge+420,PROGRESS_BAR+10,PROGRESSBAR_BACKGROUND);
-	bogl_clear(left_edge+220,PROGRESS_BAR,(left_edge+220+2*percentage),PROGRESS_BAR+10,PROGRESSBAR_COLOUR);
+	// Overwrite the whole area to blank out any previous contents
+	bogl_clear(left_edge+220,PROGRESS_BAR,left_edge+420,PROGRESS_BAR+10, back);
+	bogl_clear(left_edge+220,PROGRESS_BAR,(left_edge+220+2*percentage),PROGRESS_BAR+10, fore);
 	return;
 }