(From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process href="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." [href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1995-02-28)
