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diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index 1ef4e42015..20b375abe1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ spying and/or modification by the server.")
(define-public par2cmdline
(package
(name "par2cmdline")
- (version "0.7.2")
+ (version "0.7.3")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/archive/v"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ spying and/or modification by the server.")
(file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "0rsrca7903g08zrifv4102gkxrhmzvgwd1sb6vw9pa00qhzsfkzs"))))
+ "0dqwarc2aw5clgpf24d9dxh43b0k0z3l6kksn30arx9bdlmrk5rx"))))
(native-inputs
`(("automake" ,automake)
("autoconf" ,autoconf)))
@@ -136,10 +136,15 @@ spying and/or modification by the server.")
(modify-phases %standard-phases
(add-after 'unpack 'autoreconf
(lambda _ (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-vfi")))))))
- (synopsis "File verification and repair tool")
- (description "Par2cmdline is a tool for generating RAID-like PAR2 recovery
-files using Reed-Solomon coding. PAR2 files can be stored along side backups
-or distributed files for recovering from bitrot.")
+ (synopsis "File verification and repair tools")
+ (description "Par2cmdline uses Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes to
+generate and verify PAR2 recovery files. These files can be distributed
+alongside the source files or stored together with back-ups to protect against
+transmission errors or @dfn{bit rot}, the degradation of storage media over
+time.
+Unlike a simple checksum, PAR2 doesn't merely detect errors: as long as the
+damage isn't too extensive (and smaller than the size of the recovery file), it
+can even repair them.")
(home-page "https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline")
(license license:gpl3+)))
@@ -456,13 +461,13 @@ detection, and lossless compression.")
(define-public borg
(package
(name "borg")
- (version "1.0.10")
+ (version "1.0.11")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (pypi-uri "borgbackup" version))
(sha256
(base32
- "1sarmpzwr8dhbg0hsvaclcsjfax36ssb32d9klhhah4j8kqji3wp"))
+ "14fjk5dfwmjkn7nmkbhhbrk3g1wfrn8arvqd5r9jaij534nzsvpw"))
(modules '((guix build utils)))
(snippet
'(for-each