Use Clang for more reliable sysroot-handling

[ltrk2]

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[bhavnajindal]

I assume this change is only for our internal fork. In that case we would diverge from the OSS. Do we need to export this change to OSS? If not, what would be the long term impact?

[ltrk2]

I think we'll end up diverging in the aspect of build configuration for the time being, because we need support for cross-compiling based on sysroots best supported by Clang, while the original project uses standalone GCC cross-compilers (more on the topic here).

[ltrk2]

Once we get this right we could definitely look at contributing it to the community along with sysroots that determine a compatibility baseline. However, this will likely spur non-trivial discussions.