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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."

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