We got this patch from the mingw-w64-readline AUR Arch package.

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From 6896ffa4fc85bf0dfae58e69a860d2076c1d9fd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:16:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Handle missing S_IS* macros more gracefully

diff --git a/colors.c b/colors.c
index 89d9035..ec19844 100644
--- a/colors.c
+++ b/colors.c
@@ -152,14 +152,22 @@ _rl_print_color_indicator (char *f)
         {
           colored_filetype = C_FILE;
 
+#if defined (S_ISUID)
           if ((mode & S_ISUID) != 0 && is_colored (C_SETUID))
             colored_filetype = C_SETUID;
-          else if ((mode & S_ISGID) != 0 && is_colored (C_SETGID))
+          else
+#endif
+#if defined (S_ISGID)
+          if ((mode & S_ISGID) != 0 && is_colored (C_SETGID))
             colored_filetype = C_SETGID;
-          else if (is_colored (C_CAP) && 0) //f->has_capability)
+          else
+#endif
+          if (is_colored (C_CAP) && 0) //f->has_capability)
             colored_filetype = C_CAP;
+#if defined(S_IXUGO)
           else if ((mode & S_IXUGO) != 0 && is_colored (C_EXEC))
             colored_filetype = C_EXEC;
+#endif
           else if ((1 < astat.st_nlink) && is_colored (C_MULTIHARDLINK))
             colored_filetype = C_MULTIHARDLINK;
         }
@@ -173,8 +181,10 @@ _rl_print_color_indicator (char *f)
             colored_filetype = C_STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE;
           else
 #endif
+#if defined (S_IWOTH)
           if ((mode & S_IWOTH) != 0 && is_colored (C_OTHER_WRITABLE))
             colored_filetype = C_OTHER_WRITABLE;
+#endif
 #if defined (S_ISVTX)
           else if ((mode & S_ISVTX) != 0 && is_colored (C_STICKY))
             colored_filetype = C_STICKY;
diff --git a/colors.h b/colors.h
index fc926e5..e62edd0 100644
--- a/colors.h
+++ b/colors.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ enum indicator_no
   };
 
 
-#if !S_IXUGO
+#if !S_IXUGO && defined(S_IXUSR) && defined(S_IXGRP) && defined(S_IXOTH)
 # define S_IXUGO (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/posixstat.h b/posixstat.h
index 3eb7f29..854a2c9 100644
--- a/posixstat.h
+++ b/posixstat.h
@@ -78,30 +78,44 @@
 
 #if defined (S_IFBLK) && !defined (S_ISBLK)
 #define	S_ISBLK(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFBLK)	/* block device */
+#elif !defined (S_IFBLK)
+#define S_ISBLK(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFCHR) && !defined (S_ISCHR)
 #define	S_ISCHR(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)	/* character device */
+#elif !defined (S_IFCHR)
+#define S_ISCHR(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFDIR) && !defined (S_ISDIR)
 #define	S_ISDIR(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)	/* directory */
+#elif !defined (S_IFDIR)
+#define S_ISDIR(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFREG) && !defined (S_ISREG)
 #define	S_ISREG(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)	/* file */
+#elif !defined (S_IFREG)
+#define S_ISREG(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFIFO) && !defined (S_ISFIFO)
 #define	S_ISFIFO(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO)	/* fifo - named pipe */
+#elif !defined (S_IFIFO)
+#define S_ISFIFO(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFLNK) && !defined (S_ISLNK)
 #define	S_ISLNK(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)	/* symbolic link */
+#elif !defined (S_IFLNK)
+#define S_ISLNK(m)	0
 #endif
 
 #if defined (S_IFSOCK) && !defined (S_ISSOCK)
 #define	S_ISSOCK(m)	(((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)	/* socket */
+#elif !defined (S_IFSOCK)
+#define S_ISSOCK(m)	0
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -137,6 +151,8 @@
 /* These are non-standard, but are used in builtins.c$symbolic_umask() */
 #define S_IRUGO		(S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH)
 #define S_IWUGO		(S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)
+#if defined(S_IXUSR) && defined(S_IXGRP) && defined(S_IXOTH)
 #define S_IXUGO		(S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _POSIXSTAT_H_ */
-- 
1.8.3.2

diff --git a/histfile.c b/histfile.c
--- a/histfile.c
+++ b/histfile.c
@@ -610,8 +610,6 @@
      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 (rv == 0 && exists)
-    r = chown (filename, finfo.st_uid, finfo.st_gid);
 
   xfree (filename);
   FREE (tempname);
@@ -757,8 +755,6 @@
      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 (rv == 0 && exists)
-    mode = chown (histname, finfo.st_uid, finfo.st_gid);
 
   FREE (histname);
   FREE (tempname);