Update README to mention max_size option

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ regardless of the RFC, UDP syslog packets longer than 1500 bytes would not
 arrive. For details or to use TCP syslog for longer messages, see
 [help.papertrailapp.com][troubleshoot].
 
+There is a `max_size` option to override this restriction, but it should only be
+used in extraordinary circumstances. Oversize messages are more likely to be
+fragmented and lost, with some receivers rejecting them entirely.
+
 [rfc-limit]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164#section-4.1
 [MTU]: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit)
 [troubleshoot]: http://help.papertrailapp.com/kb/configuration/troubleshooting-remote-syslog-reachability/#message-length

Rakefile

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ task :coverage do
   sh "open coverage/index.html"
 end
 
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+require 'rdoc/task'
+RDoc::Task.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
   rdoc.title = "#{name} #{version}"
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')

lib/remote_syslog_logger.rb

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ module RemoteSyslogLogger
   def self.new(remote_hostname, remote_port, options = {})
     Logger.new(RemoteSyslogLogger::UdpSender.new(remote_hostname, remote_port, options))
   end
-end
+end

test/helper.rb

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 require 'remote_syslog_logger'
 
-require 'test/unit'
+require 'test/unit'

test/test_remote_syslog_logger.rb

@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ def test_logger
     @logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new('127.0.0.1', @server_port)
     @logger.info "This is a test"
 
-    message, addr = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
-    assert_match /This is a test/, message
+    message, _ = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
+    assert_match "This is a test", message
   end
 
   def test_logger_multiline
     @logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new('127.0.0.1', @server_port)
     @logger.info "This is a test\nThis is the second line"
 
-    message, addr = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
-    assert_match /This is a test/, message
+    message, _ = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
+    assert_match "This is a test", message
 
-    message, addr = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
-    assert_match /This is the second line/, message
+    message, _ = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
+    assert_match "This is the second line", message
   end
-end
+end