May 15, 2003

hand-roll

v.

[from obs. mainstream slang hand-rolled in opposition to ready-made, referring to cigarettes] To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs in the configurator 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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:44 AM

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