hand-roll

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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 (8 July 2008)

hand-roll

   <jargon> (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)