Esc did not skip the check, it simply removed the graphical screen and displayed some text with many warning messages about some deprecated options, then stop, and pressing Esc again would go back to the graphical screen at the point it was before
Esc did not skip the check, it simply removed the graphical screen and displayed some text with many warning messages about some deprecated options, then stop, and pressing Esc again would go back to the graphical screen at the point it was before