I see 2 ways of fixing this:
1) Add xauth to the dependencies of openssh-client.
2) Add a warning message if the user uses -X and have no xauth installed.
I also think it's an openssh-client bug, not a xauth problem ("Binary
package hint": must be openssh-client)
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ssh -X fails without warning when xauth not installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51774
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