The branch main has been updated by brooks:

URL: 
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=cc36164a77f9a2f40e0ac103c9c3154aacca6d29

commit cc36164a77f9a2f40e0ac103c9c3154aacca6d29
Author:     Brooks Davis <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2023-03-08 21:01:17 +0000
Commit:     Brooks Davis <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2023-03-08 21:01:17 +0000

    makeman: replace -\|/ twiddles with dots
    
    It shows progress more clearly, there aren't so many that the output
    is excessive, and it's more friendly for things like Cirrus-CI's
    logging that print the backspaces as boxes.
    
    Reviewed by:    emaste
    Sponsored by:   DARPA
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38990
---
 tools/build/options/makeman | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/options/makeman b/tools/build/options/makeman
index 69dd3a46c201..5a8b207b228a 100755
--- a/tools/build/options/makeman
+++ b/tools/build/options/makeman
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ EOF
                                ;;
                esac
 
-               twiddle >&2
+               printf "." >&2
        done
+       printf "\n" >&2
        cat <<EOF
 .El
 .Sh FILES
@@ -343,13 +344,4 @@ This manual page was autogenerated by
 EOF
 }
 
-twiddle_pos=0
-twiddle()
-{
-       local c0='|' c1='/' c2='-' c3='\'
-
-       eval printf '%c\\b' '$c'${twiddle_pos}
-       twiddle_pos=$(((twiddle_pos+1)%4))
-}
-
 main

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