There is an updated pull request by icp1994 against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/icp1994/void-packages return-on-disabled-update-check
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/45983

common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh: eary return for disabled checks
I'm not fully aware of possible side-effects but this seemed reasonable to me.

@classabbyamp wdyt?

A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/45983.patch is attached