Merge branch 'gawk-4.2-stable'

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/node.c b/node.c
index fcd2bf33..984cec81 100644
--- a/node.c
+++ b/node.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ r_force_number(NODE *n)
 		*cpend = save;
 	}
 
-	if (errno == 0) {
+	if (errno == 0 || errno == ERANGE) {
+		errno = 0;	/* reset in case of ERANGE */
 		if (ptr == cpend)
 			goto goodnum;
 		/* else keep the leading numeric value without updating flags */