Does the latest hotfix include all previous hotfixes?

Al Burns asked on July 23, 2020 11:23

Hi. Just a quick question. After running the Kentico installer to create a brand new site do you just need to run the latest hotfix to bring the installation up to date, i.e. does the latest hotfix include all previous hotfixes, or do you need to apply each hotfix version after the base version separately?

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David te Kloese answered on July 23, 2020 11:31

Installing the latest hotfix of a version will automatically include all previous ones for that major version!

so you can install the latest 12.0.77 for 12.0.0 or 12.0.15 or any other 12.0.x version, the result will be 12.0.77!

update: extra note for your MVC application itself you need to also update the nuget package as per instruction

"additionally update the Kentico code used by your MVC application:
Open your MVC application in Visual Studio.
Right-click your MVC project in the Solution Explorer and select Manage NuGet Packages.
Update the Kentico.AspNet.Mvc NuGet package to the version that matches the applied hotfix."

docs.kentico.com/.../hotfix-instructions-kentico-12#HotfixInstructionsKentico12-HotfixingMVCprojects

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Al Burns answered on July 23, 2020 11:32

Thanks David! I suspected as much but wasn't sure.

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Brenden Kehren answered on July 24, 2020 18:58

Al,

To add to what David stated. Upgrades include all the latest hotfixes as well BUT DO NOT include each individual major upgrade. For instance if you want to move from v9 to v11, you need to apply the upgrade from v9 -> v10, then v10 -> v11 individually.

One last point, it is never recommended to run on a vanilla version (9.0, 10.0, 11.0) of Kentico. When you start a project, immediately apply the latest hotfix.

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Al Burns answered on July 27, 2020 09:05

Thanks Brenden. Yes, I would do the initial install and then apply the latest hotfix but I wasn't too sure if that would include all previous hotfixes.

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