ild can not be expected on all matching installs

configure.in

@@ -2812,9 +2812,15 @@ EOF
 
 case $SYSTEM_TYPE-$MACHINE_TYPE-$ac_cv_prog_gcc-$have_ndbcluster in
   *solaris*-i?86-no-yes)
+  if $CC -xildon 2>&1 | grep "illegal option" >/dev/null
+  then
+    # This Solaris ld does not support -xildon
+    true
+  else
     # ndb fail for whatever strange reason to link Sun Forte/x86
     # unless using incremental linker
     CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -xildon"
+  fi
   ;;
   *) ;;
 esac