apt-get broken after new kernel compile

Hi, I jst switched to Debian Etch..Everything was working fine...I just recompiled the kernel to 2.6.23.12...now the problem is that every time i try to use apt-get install, it ends up with this :

After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
cp: missing destination file operand after `/tmp/tmp.ddjBRc6268/sbin/'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-amd64:
linux-image-2.6-amd64 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic:
linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic depends on linux-image-2.6-amd64; however:
Package linux-image-2.6-amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64
linux-image-2.6-amd64
linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any hints on what i need to do to correct this?