hand-roll
<jargon> (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to
"ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or
configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to
bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The
worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to
hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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