When a named chest is broken it will drop an nameless chest, even when using silk touch.
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Ezekiel
Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w08a? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
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Confirmed for 1.7.5, 14w08a and 14w10c
Torabi
@unknown, the issues are separate because of implementation details. BlockEntities, such as containers, actually have the ability to store their name when placed in the world, and thus it should be relatively simple to copy that information to the item when the block is broken. Other cases, such as placing blocks in the world that don't normally store extra data (MC-209), and items that turn into entities when used (MC-1981) would require different solutions, or may be impossible without drastically restructuring the world format.
I feel it slightly unfair to say it's a duplicate, though it not working may be intended for things such as dirt, I doublt that it is the same for containers; especially since naming them has the purpose of modifying the name in the gui.