[Tex/LaTex] Why I am getting LaTeX Warning: Citation on page undefined on input line

abntbibliographiescitingmemoirwarnings

If I use this code:

\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{memoir}

\begin{document}

\cite{abntex2classe}

\bibliography{refs2}

\end{document}

I win:

LaTeX Warning: Citation `abntex2classe' on page 1 undefined on input line 5.

LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.

But if I run this other:

\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{abntex2}

\usepackage[hyperpageref]{backref}
\usepackage[alf]{abntex2cite}

% Package hyperref Warning: Token not allowed in a PDF string?
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/384885/package-hyperref-warning-token
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\let\uppercase\relax}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents*

\chapter[Nullam]{Nullam elementum}

Nullam elementum

\section[Some encoding tests]{showfont}

Nullam elementum \cite{abntex2classe} Nullam elementum

\bibliography{refs2}

\end{document}

It works correctly. How can that happen?

This is the contents of refs2.bib:

@manual{abntex2classe,
  Author = {abnTeX2 and Lauro},
  Organization = {Equipe abnTeX2},
  Title = {A classe abntex2},
  Note = {Substitui \cite{abntex2classe2}},
  Year = {2013}}

@manual{abntex2classe2,
  Author = {abnTeX2 and Lauro},
  Organization = {Equipe abnTeX2},
  Title = {A classe abntex2},
  Year = {2013}}

I think I should load some package, but I had already looked over the question LaTeX Warning: Citation undefined but they do not seem to be loading any package for bibliography.

For compilation I run pdflatex, bibtex, pdflatex, pdflatex, full log:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (MiKTeX 2.9.6400) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2017.8.23)  25 AUG 2017 16:34
entering extended mode
**./test3.tex
(test3.tex
LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>
Babel <3.12> and hyphenation patterns for 76 language(s) loaded.
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Package: ifpdf 2017/03/15 v3.2 Provides the ifpdf switch
)
(D:\User\Documents\latex\texmfs\install\tex\latex\ifetex\ifetex.sty
Package: ifetex 2011/12/15 v1.2 ifetex

(D:\User\Documents\latex\texmfs\install\tex\plain\ifetex\ifetex.tex))
(D:\User\Documents\latex\texmfs\install\tex\generic\ifxetex\ifxetex.sty
Package: ifxetex 2010/09/12 v0.6 Provides ifxetex conditional
)
(D:\User\Documents\latex\texmfs\install\tex\generic\oberdiek\ifluatex.sty
Package: ifluatex 2016/05/16 v1.4 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
Package ifluatex Info: LuaTeX not detected.
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(D:\User\Documents\latex\texmfs\install\tex\latex\memoir\mempatch.sty
Package: mempatch 2009/07/24 v6.0f Patches for memoir class v1.6180339
))
(D:\User\Dropbox\Applications\SoftwareVersioning\SublimeText\Data\Cache\LaTeXTo
ols\3fadaf268cce53dfbb2db491bf19775c\test3.aux)
\openout1 = `test3.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 3.
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LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.


LaTeX Warning: Citation `abntex2classe' on page 1 undefined on input line 5.


(D:\User\Dropbox\Applications\SoftwareVersioning\SublimeText\Data\Cache\LaTeXTo
ols\3fadaf268cce53dfbb2db491bf19775c\test3.bbl) [1{D:/User/Documents/latex/texm
fs/data/pdftex/config/pdftex.map}

]
(D:\User\Dropbox\Applications\SoftwareVersioning\SublimeText\Data\Cache\LaTeXTo
ols\3fadaf268cce53dfbb2db491bf19775c\test3.aux)

LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.

 ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
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bytes).
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Best Answer

In your first code (class memoir) you have a missing \bibliographystyle{} in your code. The bibliography style defines the layout of your bibliography. Because I do not know which style you need I just used plain.

So the following MWE

\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@manual{abntex2classe,
  Author = {abnTeX2 and Lauro},
  Organization = {Equipe abnTeX2},
  Title = {A classe abntex2},
  Note = {Substitui \cite{abntex2classe2}},
  Year = {2013}
}
@manual{abntex2classe2,
  Author = {abnTeX2 and Lauro},
  Organization = {Equipe abnTeX2},
  Title = {A classe abntex2},
  Year = {2013}
}
\end{filecontents}


\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{memoir}

\begin{document}

\cite{abntex2classe}

\bibliographystyle{plain} % <===========================================
\bibliography{\jobname}

\end{document}

results in

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I do not know your second used class abntex2, but it seems that it predefined a special bibliography style to be used. Therefore you need not to add an own bibliography style.