What I tried:
Place redstone dust atop 8 layers of snow cover.
What I expected was:
for 8 layers of snow cover to act like a snow block, and receive the redstone on top of it.
What actually happened was:
It was destroyed, and redstone was placed where it was.
Duplicate of: MC-8797 - Please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted.
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