1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/readline-7.0-mingw.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/readline-7.0-mingw.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dc491d556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/readline-7.0-mingw.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Configure checks for chown; add missing shields in code.
+
+Upstream status: not yet presented upstream.
+
+--- readline-7.0/histfile.c.orig	2016-12-06 20:04:10.058901731 +0100
++++ readline-7.0/histfile.c	2016-12-06 20:05:09.220083801 +0100
+@@ -610,8 +610,10 @@
+      user is running this, it's a no-op.  If the shell is running after sudo
+      with a shared history file, we don't want to leave the history file
+      owned by root. */
++#if HAVE_CHOWN
+   if (rv == 0 && exists)
+     r = chown (filename, finfo.st_uid, finfo.st_gid);
++#endif
+ 
+   xfree (filename);
+   FREE (tempname);
+@@ -757,8 +759,10 @@
+      user is running this, it's a no-op.  If the shell is running after sudo
+      with a shared history file, we don't want to leave the history file
+      owned by root. */
++#if HAVE_CHOWN
+   if (rv == 0 && exists)
+     mode = chown (histname, finfo.st_uid, finfo.st_gid);
++#endif
+ 
+   FREE (histname);
+   FREE (tempname);