Locating an error in makefile

[Mahmood Naderan]

Hi,
I am trying to <make> a project, but the problem is, in the middle of the process I get an error:
make[13]: *** No rule to make target `librecognize.a'.  Stop.
make[12]: *** [recognize] Error 2
make[11]: *** [facet_1] Error 2
make[10]: *** [facet_1] Error 2
make[9]: *** [core] Error 2
make[8]: *** [logic2] Error 2
make[7]: *** [CM] Error 2
make[6]: *** [CM] Error 2
make[5]: *** [CM] Error 2
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

1- what does "make [N]" mean? are they showing the stack trace?
2- That library file is actually existed. My question is how can I trace to see what is the problem exactly. For example since the file exists, the problem maybe with paths.

 

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