--- trunk/include/cpan.sminc	2014/07/01 08:34:47	21549
+++ trunk/include/cpan.sminc	2014/08/21 15:32:38	22058
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 #   ${CPAN_AUTHOR}:   needed, author of the CPAN-module
 [[ -z ${CPAN_AUTHOR} ]] && die "cpan.sminc: \$CPAN_AUTHOR not given!"
 
-CPAN_AUTHOR_UPPER="${CPAN_AUTHOR^^}"
-CPAN_AUTHOR_LOWER="${CPAN_AUTHOR,,}"
+if [[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -le 3 ]]
+then
+	CPAN_AUTHOR_UPPER=$(echo ${CPAN_AUTHOR} | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
+	CPAN_AUTHOR_LOWER=$(echo ${CPAN_AUTHOR} | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
+else
+	CPAN_AUTHOR_UPPER="${CPAN_AUTHOR^^}"
+	CPAN_AUTHOR_LOWER="${CPAN_AUTHOR,,}"
+fi
 
 : ${CPAN_MODULE="${PNAME}"}