syslog facility in cvs 1.12.9

[John Carroll]

CVS Version: 1.12.9
OS: Solaris 8
When we get messages in the /var/adm/messages log, the facility used
by syslog seems to be mail.info, which I find odd.  Is there a config
file I missed that will allow me to set the syslog facility to
something like local, or even define a new syslog facility, such as
cvs?

The reason I ask is that my log checker program catchs these as
flagable events, which I could ignore, but I don't want to ignore any
other messages to mail.info.

The log entry below has been edited slightly to remove any identifying
info, but the gist is there.

Jul 16 22:55:02 cvs_host cvs[12345]: [ID 123456 mail.info] connect
from host.domain

thanks,
john