Currently, the definitions of MIRRORS and PREMIRRORS made by
test_yocto_source_mirror() are overwritten when run on the autobuilder:
* MIRRORS = "" is extended by mirrors.bbclass to its usual value.
* PREMIRRORS = "* dl.yp.org" is overwritten by the autobuilder.conf
config fragment to ""
Despite this unexpected configuration, the test passes because after
failing to find a PREMIRROR (empty), failing to download the normal
SRC_URI (because of BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS), the fetcher tries the MIRRORS
which have by default download.yoctoproject.org. For example, on a
failed meta-oe-mirror test[0], we can see a lot of warnings:
"stdio: WARNING: ... do_fetch: Failed to fetch URL https://... attempting MIRRORS if available"
By using the ":forcevariable" override, test_yocto_source_mirror() makes
sure the correct value is set for MIRRORS and PREMIRRORS (whatever is
the configuration).