Apt-get Error: Package needs to be reinstalled

[Jeff Self <jself@nngov.com>]

I tried building a kernel 2.6.0 last week using make-kpkg. When I run
dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.0_10.00.Custom_i386.deb I get the following
message:
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `kernel-image-2.6.0'
missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
121265 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace kernel-image-2.6.0 10.00.Custom (using
kernel-image-2.6.0_10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.0 ...
Segmentation fault

Ever since then, I can't run apt-get upgrade. I get the following
message:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: The package kernel-image-2.6.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't
find an archive for it.


I have tried everything. The kernel-image doesn't even show up in
/var/lib/dpkg/info. I have tried reinstalling, rebuilding the kernel.
Nothing seems to help. Is there any way to erase the kernel-image from
dpkg's "memory"? What file can I edit to do this? I thought that
/var/lib/dpkg/info was the key, but apparently its not.

-- 
Jeff Self
Dept. of Information Technology
City of Newport News
(757)926-3741