Latex is stuck with a strange problem, see more information for details.

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pdflatex main.tex This is pdfTeX, Version
3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Debian) (preloaded format=pdflatex) restricted write18 enabled. entering extended mode
(./main.tex LaTeX2e <2016/02/01> Babel <3.9q> and hyphenation patterns
for 81 language(s) loaded.
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Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
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(./usenix.sty
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(./url.sty) (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psnfss/times.sty)
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LaTeX Warning: Unused global option(s):

[times].

No file main.aux.
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(./main.aux) ){/usr/shar
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.pfb> Output written on main.pdf (1 page, 25727 bytes). Transcript
written on main.log. bibtex main This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX
Live 2015/Debian) The top-level auxiliary file: main.aux The style
file: latex8.bst I found no citation commands—while reading file
main.aux Database file #1: main.bib (There was 1 error message)
Makefile:4: recipe for target ‘paper’ failed make: *** [paper] Error 2

The problem is solved by: 1, add at least one section in your main.tex; 2, in your added section, at least have one citation, otherwise there will be error “I found no citation commands—while reading file
main.aux “.

Very stupid problem…

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