[AccessD] Are MS KB patches cumulative?

[Ryan W]

That off by 1 is a hot fix, but the other (second link) is just a normal
patch released to WU which you'd hope contains the hotfix by now.  So I
went from Access 2013 SP1 to KB3118349 (15.0.4569.1506 direct to
15.0.4893.1000)
in this case.




On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:

>
>  Hot Fixes are typically not cumulative and may not bring you up the latest
> build.  Their meant to address a specific problem.
>
>  General releases and service packs are.
>
>   What's done normally is you get to a general release or service pack,
> then
> hot patch in sequence past that.
>
> Jim.
>
>
>
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> Ryan W
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>
> I'm trying to patch up past a error number off by 1 bug in Access 2013
> runtime. I figure I'll jump to the latest version I can to avoid any other
> bugs that were fixed.
>
> This is the bug I'm trying to get past:
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2889947/hotfix-
> kb2889947-for-access
> -2013-october-14,-2014-access-x-none.msp
>
> But the 2013SP1 runtime is several months older than that patch.
>
> Here's what I'd like to jump to:
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3118349/january-3,-
> 2017,-update-for
> -access-2013-kb3118349
>
> This shows the MSAccess.exe would be up to 15.0.4893.1000 which nearest I
> can tell is the latest version.
>
> I wonder though if DLL's and other dependencies skipped by jumping patches
> will cause grief?  It let me slap the patch right over the latest RunTime
> install without barking. I figure if there was a dependency it needed to
> meet first it would have whined?
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