diff --git a/modules/ports/sync.ts b/modules/ports/sync.ts
index a024ff23..8599f806 100644
--- a/modules/ports/sync.ts
+++ b/modules/ports/sync.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function movebleTmpPath(targetDir: string, targetTmpDirName = "tmp") {
   if ((await targetPath.stat())?.dev != (await defaultTmpPath.stat())?.dev) {
     return targetPath.join(targetTmpDirName);
   }
-  return defaultTmpPath.join("ghjkTmp");
+  return await defaultTmpPath.join("ghjkTmp").ensureDir();
 }
 
 export async function sync(
diff --git a/tests/ports.ts b/tests/ports.ts
index 13cb27d7..8ee3d711 100644
--- a/tests/ports.ts
+++ b/tests/ports.ts
@@ -19,20 +19,12 @@ import whiz from "../ports/whiz.ts";
 import cpython from "../ports/cpy_bs.ts";
 import pipi from "../ports/pipi.ts";
 
-type CustomE2eTestCase = Omit<E2eTestCase, "ePoints"> & { ePoint: string };
+type CustomE2eTestCase = Omit<E2eTestCase, "ePoints"> & {
+  ePoint: string;
+  ignore?: boolean;
+};
 // order tests by download size to make failed runs less expensive
 const cases: CustomE2eTestCase[] = [
-  ...(Deno.build.os == "linux"
-    ? [
-      // 8 megs
-      {
-        name: "mold",
-        installConf: mold(),
-        ePoint: `mold -V`,
-      },
-    ]
-    : []),
-
   // 3 megs
   {
     name: "protoc",
@@ -63,6 +55,13 @@ const cases: CustomE2eTestCase[] = [
     installConf: cargo_binstall(),
     ePoint: `cargo-binstall -V`,
   },
+  // 8 megs
+  {
+    name: "mold",
+    installConf: mold(),
+    ePoint: `mold -V`,
+    ignore: Deno.build.os != "linux",
+  },
   // 16 megs
   {
     name: "wasmedge",
@@ -148,18 +147,21 @@ function testMany(
 ) {
   for (const testCase of cases) {
     Deno.test(
-      `${testGroup} - ${testCase.name}`,
-      () =>
-        testFn({
-          ...testCase,
-          ePoints: ["bash -c", "fish -c", "zsh -c"].map((sh) => ({
-            cmd: `env ${sh} '${testCase.ePoint}'`,
-          })),
-          envs: {
-            ...defaultEnvs,
-            ...testCase.envs,
-          },
-        }),
+      {
+        name: `${testGroup} - ${testCase.name}`,
+        ignore: testCase.ignore,
+        fn: () =>
+          testFn({
+            ...testCase,
+            ePoints: ["bash -c", "fish -c", "zsh -c"].map((sh) => ({
+              cmd: `env ${sh} '${testCase.ePoint}'`,
+            })),
+            envs: {
+              ...defaultEnvs,
+              ...testCase.envs,
+            },
+          }),
+      },
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/utils.ts b/tests/utils.ts
index 0734e456..8c4f517c 100644
--- a/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.ts
@@ -114,18 +114,8 @@ export async function localE2eTest(testCase: E2eTestCase) {
       prefix: "ghjk_le2e_",
     }),
   );
-
   const ghjkDir = await tmpDir.join("ghjk").ensureDir();
-  await install({
-    ...defaultInstallArgs,
-    skipExecInstall: false,
-    ghjkExecInstallDir: ghjkDir.toString(),
-    // share the system's deno cache
-    ghjkDenoCacheDir: Deno.env.get("DENO_DIR"),
-    ghjkDir: ghjkDir.toString(),
-    // don't modify system shell configs
-    shellsToHook: [],
-  });
+
   const installConfArray = Array.isArray(installConf)
     ? installConf
     : [installConf];
@@ -172,14 +162,17 @@ export const secureConfig = JSON.parse(secConfStr);
     ZDOTDIR: ghjkDir.toString(),
     GHJK_DIR: ghjkDir.toString(),
   };
-  {
-    const confHome = await ghjkDir.join(".config").ensureDir();
-    const fishConfDir = await confHome.join("fish").ensureDir();
-    await fishConfDir.join("config.fish").createSymlinkTo(
-      ghjkDir.join("env.fish").toString(),
-    );
-    env["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] = confHome.toString();
-  }
+  // install ghjk
+  await install({
+    ...defaultInstallArgs,
+    skipExecInstall: false,
+    ghjkExecInstallDir: ghjkDir.toString(),
+    // share the system's deno cache
+    ghjkDenoCacheDir: Deno.env.get("DENO_DIR"),
+    ghjkDir: ghjkDir.toString(),
+    // don't modify system shell configs
+    shellsToHook: [],
+  });
   await $`${ghjkDir.join("ghjk").toString()} print config`
     .cwd(tmpDir.toString())
     .env(env);
@@ -194,6 +187,14 @@ export const secureConfig = JSON.parse(secConfStr);
     entry.path.toString().slice(ghjkDirLen),
   ]));
   */
+  {
+    const confHome = await ghjkDir.join(".config").ensureDir();
+    const fishConfDir = await confHome.join("fish").ensureDir();
+    await fishConfDir.join("config.fish").createSymlinkTo(
+      ghjkDir.join("env.fish").toString(),
+    );
+    env["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] = confHome.toString();
+  }
   for (const ePoint of ePoints) {
     let cmd = $.raw`${ePoint.cmd}`
       .cwd(tmpDir.toString())