Handroll

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hand-roll
       
           (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)