Got fixed that issue by prepending $newfile_base with $destdir. Have no idea if it breaks any other features...
Regards, Alex
--- /usr/bin/uscan 2015-12-31 05:10:02.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/uscan 2016-01-05 15:25:26.922521252 +0100 @@ -3702,8 +3702,8 @@ } my $umd5sum = Digest::MD5->new; my $omd5sum = Digest::MD5->new; - open (my $ufh, '<', "../${newfile_base}") or die "Can't open '${newfile_base}': $!"; - open (my $ofh, '<', "../${target}") or die "Can't open '${target}': $!"; + open (my $ufh, '<', "${destdir}/${newfile_base}") or die "Can't open '${destdir}/${newfile_base}': $!"; + open (my $ofh, '<', "${destdir}/${target}") or die "Can't open '${destdir}/${target}': $!"; $umd5sum->addfile($ufh); $omd5sum->addfile($ofh); close($ufh);