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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hand-roll</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hand-hacking.html" title="hand-hacking"/><link rel="next" href="handle.html" title="handle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hand-roll</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hand-hacking.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hand-roll"/><dt xmlns="" id="hand-roll"><b>hand-roll</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from obs. mainstream slang <span class="firstterm">hand-rolled</span> in opposition to <span class="firstterm">ready-made</span>, referring to cigarettes] To perform
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a normally automated software installation or configuration process
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<a href="../B/by-hand.html"><i class="glossterm">by hand</i></a>; implies that the normal process failed due
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to bugs in the configurator or was defeated by something exceptional in the
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local environment. “<span class="quote">The worst thing about being a gateway between
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four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration
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every time any of them upgrades.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hand-hacking.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handle.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hand-hacking </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> handle</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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