(From mainstrEam slang "hand-rollEd cigarEttE" in opposition to "rEady-madE") To pErform a normally automatEd softwarE installation or configuration procEss Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=by hand">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." [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE] (1995-02-28)