diff --git a/src/common/attributes/option.c b/src/common/attributes/option.c
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+/* vi: set ts=2:
+ *
+ * $Id: option.c,v 1.1 2001/03/01 07:05:15 corwin Exp $
+ * Eressea PB(E)M host Copyright (C) 1998-2000
+ *      Christian Schlittchen (corwin@amber.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Katja Zedel (katze@felidae.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Henning Peters (faroul@beyond.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Enno Rehling (enno@eressea-pbem.de)
+ *      Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
+ *
+ * This program may not be used, modified or distributed without
+ * prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "eressea.h"
+#include "option.h"
+
+#include <attrib.h>
+
+attrib_type at_option_news = {
+	"option_news",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	a_writedefault,
+	a_readdefault,
+	ATF_UNIQUE
+};
+
+void
+init_option(void)
+{
+	at_register(&at_option_news);
+}
diff --git a/src/common/attributes/option.h b/src/common/attributes/option.h
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+/* vi: set ts=2:
+ *
+ * $Id: option.h,v 1.1 2001/03/01 07:05:15 corwin Exp $
+ * Eressea PB(E)M host Copyright (C) 1998-2000
+ *      Christian Schlittchen (corwin@amber.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Katja Zedel (katze@felidae.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Henning Peters (faroul@beyond.kn-bremen.de)
+ *      Enno Rehling (enno@eressea-pbem.de)
+ *      Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
+ *
+ * This program may not be used, modified or distributed without
+ * prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
+ */
+
+extern struct attrib_type at_option_news;
+extern void init_option(void);