I got fed up with the HS installation / update problems I was having so I formatted a spinner to HFS+ and installed virgin Yosemite 10.0.0 then I downloaded High Sierra through the App store.
The App store installed a virgin High Sierra 10.13.2 installation.
I will not install any apps until the last update of HS. I can wait.
From hereon in I will download HS combos.
In any case until HS is truly matured Mavericks does everything I need without fail.