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After installing PostgreSQL 9.5, first setup the initial database environment:

emerge --config dev-db/postgresql:9.5

Next, compare and update the configuration files:

• /etc/conf.d/postgresql-9.5
• /etc/postgresql-9.5/*

If needed, run /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.4 stop to stop the old database server before proceeding with the upgrade.

Now, switch to the postgres user, and execute pg_upgrade, which does the hard work. Run it with the --check option first to perform only the necessary checks without changing any data:

# su - postgres
$ /usr/lib/postgresql-9.5/bin/pg_upgrade \
      --old-bindir=/usr/lib/postgresql-9.4/bin/ \
      --new-bindir=/usr/lib/postgresql-9.5/bin/ \
      --old-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.4/data/ \
      --new-datadir=/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/ \
      --check

(This uses the default paths for the data directories; adjust the command accordingly if your setup is different.)

If the command runs without errors, execute it again without the --check flag to perform the actual upgrade. Once it is finished, you can start the new database server via /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.5 start, do some cleanup tasks that pg_upgrade might have you prompted for, and verify that everything works as before. Finally, uninstall the old PostgreSQL version, and don’t forget to add/delete services from runlevels if necessary.