From the docs (http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/#documentation) it seems a configure option is needed for polypaudio to use /etc/polypaudio/, which could explain the issues.
<quote> Unless you pass the option --sysconfdir=/etc to configure, the directory /etc/polypaudio/ is really /usr/local/etc/polypaudio/. </quote>
From the docs (http:// 0pointer. de/lennart/ projects/ polypaudio/ #documentation) it
seems a configure option is needed for polypaudio to use /etc/polypaudio/, which
could explain the issues.
<quote> etc/polypaudio/ .
Unless you pass the option --sysconfdir=/etc to configure, the directory
/etc/polypaudio/ is really /usr/local/
</quote>